Systems Integration Engineer
Pilgrim
Summary
As a Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist at Pilgrim, you’ll turn biological methods into automated workflows on ARGUS. You’ll adapt sample preparation, reagent handling, qPCR, and sequencing preparation to the system, troubleshooting failures across biology, fluidics, and controls. Working with scientists and engineers, you will translate scientific advances into integrated systems that perform reliably in the real world.
Job description
About the Role
As a Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist at Pilgrim, you’ll turn biological methods into automated workflows on ARGUS. You’ll adapt sample preparation, reagent handling, qPCR, and sequencing preparation to the system, troubleshooting failures across biology, fluidics, and controls. Working with scientists and engineers, you will translate scientific advances into integrated systems that perform reliably in the real world.
Responsibilities
- Adapt sample preparation, reagent handling, qPCR, and sequencing preparation methods to automated workflows on ARGUS.
- Define operating requirements for those workflows, including sample and reagent volumes, timing, temperature, and contamination control.
- Establish bench baselines and compare automated performance using recovery, inhibition, sequencing quality, and processing time.
- Design and run integration tests from individual fluidic and instrument subsystems through complete sample-to-result workflows.
- Isolate failures across biology, fluidics, sensing, controls, and instrument software; verify causes and fixes experimentally.
- Test workflow repeatability across operating conditions and verify performance after changes to hardware, software, reagents, or protocols.
- Maintain test plans, run records, protocol versions, and instrument configurations so failures can be reproduced and fixes tracked.
Qualifications
- Strong foundation in bioengineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related field. MS or PhD is a plus, not required.
- Experience adapting laboratory protocols to automated instruments, liquid handlers, or custom hardware.
- Ability to troubleshoot biological workflows and instrumentation using assay results, sensor readings, instrument logs, and bench measurements.
- Experience designing comparisons between bench and instrument performance, selecting controls, and setting measurable acceptance criteria.
Preferred
- Experience with laboratory automation, liquid handling, microfluidics, cartridge-based systems, or development and testing of scientific instruments.
Requirements
- Strong foundation in bioengineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related field
- Experience adapting laboratory protocols to automated instruments, liquid handlers, or custom hardware
- Ability to troubleshoot biological workflows and instrumentation using assay results, sensor readings, instrument logs, and bench measurements
- Experience designing comparisons between bench and instrument performance, selecting controls, and setting measurable acceptance criteria
- Experience with laboratory automation, liquid handling, microfluidics, cartridge-based systems, or development and testing of scientific instruments
Company overview
Pilgrim is a company operating in the retail health and personal care products sector, focusing on providing consumer-oriented health and wellness solutions. The company specializes in developing and distributing personal care items that cater to modern consumer needs for health maintenance and self-care. While specific product details are limited, Pilgrim appears to operate within the broader life science service and supply chain, bridging the gap between healthcare innovation and consumer accessibility. The company's positioning in the retail health space suggests a commitment to making health and wellness products more accessible to the general public through traditional and potentially digital retail channels. As part of the life science ecosystem, Pilgrim contributes to the distribution network that connects manufacturers with end consumers, playing a vital role in the commercialization of health and personal care innovations. The company's focus on retail distribution indicates an emphasis on consumer education, product accessibility, and market penetration strategies within the competitive health and wellness sector.