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Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. ยท 22 hours ago

Automation Scientist Intern, RAC Operations

positionBoston, Massachusetts
timeInternship
remoteOnsite
seniorityIntern
money$38K/yr - $54K/yr

Ginkgo Bioworks is a company focused on making biology easier to engineer. They are seeking an Automation Scientist Intern to operate and troubleshoot advanced lab automation hardware, contributing to the deployment of their Reconfigurable Automation Cells (RACs). The role involves learning to manage scientific workflows and supporting the autonomous operation of their lab systems.

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Responsibilities

Master the RAC Platform: Learn to operate and maintain a system of Reconfigurable Automation Cells, designed to support a variety of molecular and cell biology scientific workflows. You will queue and submit programmatically-generated protocols, remote monitor for errors and conduct remote and on-site error recovery, with the support of our Apex Support team. Over time, you will advance to modifying or writing new protocols for our RAC Automation system
Learn Biology: You will prepare and onboard reagents and consumables for upcoming molecular and cell biology scientific workflows, execute and monitor such workflows, and take down and offboard used plates from completed workflows. In the process, you will learn how to carefully handle and prepare reagents and consumables for workflows, do basic monitoring and error recovery of runs and safely dispose of used plates from completed workflows

Qualification

Lab automationMolecular biologyCoding skillsComputational biologyAutomation-forward mindset

Preferred

No college degree necessary but some skills in coding, biology or computational biology required
"Automation-forward" mindset: you love working with lab automation and making robotic systems run smoother
Willingness to do whatever it takes to ensure that existing and new scientific workflows run successfully on our RAC automation system
Interest in communications, marketing, social media, and/or short form video

Benefits

Company stock awards
A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision coverage
Health spending accounts
Voluntary benefits
Leave of absence policies
401(k) program with employer contribution
8 paid holidays in addition to a full-week winter shutdown
Unlimited Paid Time Off policy

Company

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

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At Ginkgo, we use biology to grow the future.
dateFounded in 2008
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://ginkgobioworks.com

H1B Sponsorship

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (13)
2024 (38)
2023 (25)
2022 (27)
2021 (27)
2020 (8)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.58B
Key Investors
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionAgriculture and Food Research Initiative
2024-04-10Grant
2023-12-13Grant
2023-10-05Grant

Leadership Team

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Reshma Shetty
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Austin Che
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