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Controls Engineer II, Sustaining Engineering

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA

CHECKED 15H AGO

Bio & Science AIonsitemid-level$94k–$139k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Support deployed automation keeping autonomous science workflows running reliably.
  • Drive uptime gains via root-cause fixes and preventive maintenance planning.
  • Track reliability metrics to guide safer, more maintainable lab operations.

What they offer

  • Bonus potential and generous early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with company-wide holidays
  • Paid parental leave and educational assistance program

Ideal candidate

Hands-on problem solver who thrives diagnosing complex faults in live lab environments and cares about making automation safer, more reliable, and easier to maintain.

Requirements

  • 2 to 5+ years supporting, maintaining, or troubleshooting automated control systems.
  • Hands-on experience with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and related automation platforms.
  • Experience with OT networking, including routing, security groups, VPNs, or similar systems.
  • Experience using Git or equivalent version control for engineering artifacts.
  • Ability to create and maintain engineering documents using AutoCAD, SolidWorks Electrical, or similar tools.
  • Experience with robotics integration, structured text, or related automation programming.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, networking, and integrated equipment.

Lab profile

About Lila Sciences

Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.

What they build

  • Autonomous Science Platform
  • AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
  • Electro-optic materials and photonic devices

Known for

  • Large-scale automated data generation
  • High-throughput protein purification and analytics
  • Protein design and BioML modeling
  • Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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