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Salary: USD 200,000 - 250,000 / annual
Periodic Labs is an AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs in materials, energy, and related domains. The company is backed by world-class investors and operates at a rapid pace.
You will join a team of scientists and engineers building an autonomous lab where AI and automation speed up materials discovery. In this role, you'll translate scientific workflows into working software and integrations by designing clear data models, connecting instruments and automation systems to lab information systems, and ensuring everything stays in sync, safely, and reliably.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with bench scientists to translate experiments and lab workflows into clear integration specifications and data models
- Working with integrators to design and build automated workcells for materials R&D
- Building and maintaining services that connect instruments and robots to lab information systems
- Developing instrument drivers that automate lab workflows by generating command sequences and invoking vendor API/SDK methods
- Collaborating with AI and data scientists to tightly integrate the autonomous lab with AI models for experiment analysis and planning
You will thrive in this role if you have a BS in EE, CS, ME, Controls, or equivalent experience. Required qualifications include 5+ years in lab automation, integration, or industrial automation software; hands-on experience with robotic lab automation systems; strong scripting/programming skills (Python preferred); familiarity with APIs, databases, and enterprise software integration; and hands-on experience with information management and execution systems such as LIMS or MES. Especially strong candidates may also have experience with containers, CI/CD, and Git-based workflows, as well as a background in lab informatics or scientific data management.
