# Senior Automation Engineer (I, II, III) at Cellares

- Company: Cellares
- What the company does: Cellares is the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) and takes an Industry 4.0 approach to mass manufacturing the living drugs of the 21st century. The company is both developing and operating integrated technologies for cell... Backed by 8VC.
- Company website: https://cellares.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $90K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/cellares/6f2ad7e3-1f28-46c4-a4e8-a432924632a3?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cellares-senior-automation-engineer-i-ii-iii/

## About the role

Design and develop automated liquid handling protocols to platform new assays onto the Cell Q system Partner with Analytical Development (AD) to translate manually developed assays into automation-compatible methods Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Biotechnology, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience developing and programming liquid handling automation methods. Experience on Tecan Fluent preferred
- Hands-on experience coding in Biosero's Green Button Go (GBG) software, or equivalent scheduling software experience
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or C#
- Experience working cross-functionally to platform manual assays onto automated systems
- Familiarity with flow cytometry, genomic, and cell-based assays

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