About this role
The role: BigHat Biosciences is seeking a hands-on Automation Engineer to build, support, and sustain the automated workflows that power our high-throughput antibody production and characterization platform. We are looking for someone motivated by more than the engineering itself: they want their work to help bring cures to patients faster by leveraging an automated, ML-driven antibody engineering platform. This position reports directly to Keltoum Boukra and works in close collaboration with the Lab Automation team, alongside scientific, production, and software partners across the platform. *At BigHat we believe in titles that commensurate with skill set, relative organizational impact, and value contribution; more experienced candidates are encouraged to apply, with the understanding that responsibilities and title would adjust as appropriate. Own automation projects end-to-end: lead the design, build, validation and deployment of new automated workflows, from requirements through production release, taking technical ownership of the result. Partner with scientific and production teams to scope projects, translate assay needs into robust automated workflows, and onboard them into routine use. Maintain and troubleshoot instruments and automated methods, and support lab users to keep the platform running and operators unblocked. Document automation procedures and SOPs, support knowledge transfer, and contribute to the growth of the automation team's know-how. Collaborate with software engineering teams on end-to-end integrated workflows leveraging BigHat's software stack.