Senior Software Engineer I/II, Test Robotics
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · 10 Wilson, Cambridge, MA
CHECKED 14H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$144k–$240k
At a glance
Highlights
- Steward V&V and quality for autonomous labs where software meets hardware.
- Build Hardware-in-the-Loop tests against real and simulated robotics hardware.
- Test the dashboards and orchestration UIs that drive the science factory.
What they offer
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
- Generous early-stage equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible time off with generous company holidays
- Paid parental leave
Ideal candidate
A quality-obsessed test engineer with 4-8 years automating complex systems who thrives where software meets hardware and takes pride in catching failures in test before they reach the bench.
Requirements
- 4-8 years in software test or QA automation for complex, integrated systems
- Hands-on automation in Python with pytest and a modern UI framework
- Experience defining test plans and V&V processes across layers
- Embedding tests into CI/CD pipelines and keeping them fast and stable
- Testing across service, UI, and hardware boundaries including nondeterminism
- Cross-functional communication with platform and simulation engineers
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