Senior Software Engineer - Driver Developer (Autonomous Lab)

Benefits

Parental leave

Not verified

Non-birth-parent leave

Not verified

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Not verified
• Adoption assistance: Not verified
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

Not verified

Relocation assistance

Not verified

Childcare support

Not verified

Learning budget

Not verified

Verification

Not verified

Salary

Not verified

401(k) match

Not verified

Was this benefit information wrong? Tell us.

Schedule

Shift type

Not verified

Weekend work

Not verified

Application

Cover letter

Not verified

Assessment

Not verified

Deadline

Not stated

Where they hire

State eligibility is not yet verified.

About this role

Senior Software Engineer - Driver Developer (Autonomous Lab) Boston, Massachusetts Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe's growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms. About the Role: We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering team to work on Catalyst, our software stack that runs our robotic lab systems. This is a critical, high-impact role responsible for the design, development, full integration testing, and field support of software drivers for our cutting-edge autonomous labs. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in programming reliable physical real-time systems in production environments. They must also excel at cross-functional collaboration, ensuring our drivers meet the exacting standards of the scientific community and providing rapid response to critical customer issues. To learn more about automation engineering at Ginkgo, take a look at our website . Responsibilities: Driver Development & Implementation (70%) - Design, implement, and maintain robust, high-performance software drivers using Python and/or C#/.NET for a diverse range of lab automation hardware (e.g., robotic arms, liquid handlers, plate readers). - Deeply understand and implement various low-level hardware communication protocols, including RS-232, USB, and TCP/IP. - Develop drivers with a focus on reliability. - Contribute to the design of the device abstraction layer to create intuitive and robust interfaces for high-level application developers.

Read the full description at job-boards.greenhouse.io. FewerJobs shows a source-linked preview and links to the original posting.