Software Engineer

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Posting Number

Posting Number PG194906EP

Internal Recruitment

Internal Recruitment No

Working Title

Working Title Software Engineer

Anticipated Hiring Range

Anticipated Hiring Range Commensurate with education and experience (anticipated hiring range $70,000-$80,000)

Work Schedule

Work Schedule Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm (additional work outside of standard hours may be required due to business needs)

Job Location

Department

Department Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s primary research mission involves managing high‑disciplinary research initiatives, specialized laboratory facilities, and large‑scale sponsor portfolios. To support faculty innovation and maintain seamless operations across complex grant portfolios, the department utilizes embedded administrative professionals who provide direct, localized support to large faculty research groups, multi‑investigator centers, and specialized laboratory infrastructure. Operate the Self‑driving Platforms for Expedited Experimental co‑Design ( SPEED ) as an NSF‑funded national autonomous‑science user facility.

Provide remote access to integrated self‑driving laboratories. Connect robotics, scientific instruments, AI, and data infrastructure. Enable reproducible experiments in chemistry and materials science. Serve academic, government, and industry research users.

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As the Software Engineer for SPEED (Self‑driving Platforms for Expedited Experimental co‑Design), an NSF‑funded national user facility for remotely accessible autonomous robotic experimentation in chemistry and materials science, you will develop the software infrastructure that connects users to SPEED’s autonomous laboratories. You will build and maintain the backend services, APIs, experiment‑submission tools, and user‑facing software needed to orchestrate experiments across robotics, scientific instruments, data systems, and AI/optimization tools in cloud and local environments.

• Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, experiment‑submission tools, and user‑facing applications for SPEED .
• Integrate workflow orchestration, scheduling, job queues, platform monitoring, and experiment status tracking.
• Connect robotics, scientific instruments, data services, and AI/optimization tools through reliable software interfaces.
• Deploy and maintain cloud and local services, containers, authentication, logging, monitoring, and related infrastructure.
• Apply strong software engineering practices, including testing, version control, documentation, release management, and reliability engineering.
• Support platform commissioning, user onboarding, troubleshooting, and technical demonstrations for internal and external SPEED users.

This role offers the opportunity to build the digital backbone of a national autonomous experimentation user facility, enabling researchers to remotely design, execute, monitor, and analyze experiments across integrated robotic…