Lab Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• - Build and integrate work cells: get multiple instruments working together as one orchestrated unit that runs unattended.

Requirements

• Adaptyv is building an automated lab thats let AI agents run biology experiments.
• We're entering the era of agentic science where AI models can now design novel proteins, propose hypotheses, and iterate on experimental results.
• We're building the infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.
• We are one of the fastest growing biotech companies, trusted by leading biopharmas, frontier AI labs, and the techbio companies pushing the field forward.
• We’re growing rapidly and are hiring for talented people to scale and support the massive demand for AI-driven wet lab experimentation.
• Instead of buying turnkey systems and running them through a vendor's GUI, we reverse-engineer instruments, control them with open-source Python tooling like PyLabRobot and PyHamilton, and build the software and hardware to turn a pile of instruments into work cells that run biology around the clock.
• WHAT YOU'LL DO - Control lab instruments — liquid handlers, robot arms, plate readers, incubators, analytical devices — programmatically in Python, ideally with PyLabRobot / PyHamilton, rather than locking workflows into proprietary software.
• - Write the software glue — drivers, integrations, small services — that connects hardware to our platform (mostly Python, with some TypeScript).
• You write real Python and can structure code others can maintain — drivers, integrations, services — not just throwaway scripts.
• You'll pick up TypeScript where needed. - Lab automation experience.
• Hands-on with PyHamilton, PyLabRobot, Opentrons, or similar tooling is a strong plus. Direct
• You don't wait for a spec, and you don't need a vendor training course to get going. - AI-native builder.
• Electronics, microcontrollers, 3D printing, CAD, or fabrication
• Biology background not required — but you should be excited that the robots run real experiments.

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