Robotic Automation Advisor

Job Title: Robotic Automation Advisor

Job Number: 37285

Location: Remote

We are hiring a Robotic Automation Advisor to design and help launch our first fully automated validation lab from stage zero.

• Drug development — organ-on-chip, engineered human tissue, multi-organ systems
• Battery materials — lithium-ion and next-gen chemistries for EV/BESS
• Perovskite solar panels — multi-tandem devices and thin-film optimization

• Architect a fully autonomous robotic laboratory from concept to build plan
• Define robotics, automation stack, instrumentation, and safety framework
• Evaluate and select lab automation vendors and integration partners
• Design closed-loop integration between simulation software and physical experiments
• Ensure scalability, reproducibility, uptime, and minimal human oversight

• Proven experience building a robotic automation lab from stage zero
• Experience designing self-driving or closed-loop experimentation systems
• Experience selecting and managing robotics / lab automation vendors
• Strong systems engineering across hardware and software integration
• Experience designing for regulatory-grade traceability and data provenance
• Domain expertise required in at least two: organ-on-chip/organoids; battery materials/electrochemistry; perovskite or thin-film PV validation
• Competitive compensation
• Potential equity participation
• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience building a deep-tech startup alongside a veteran Founder with multiple successful exits