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Senior Software Engineer I/II, Test Robotics

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · 10 Wilson, Cambridge, MA

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Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$144k–$240k
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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
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