Controls Engineer II, Sustaining Engineering
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsitemid-level$94k–$139k
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