Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. ยท 22 hours ago
Automation Scientist Graduate Intern, RAC Operations
Boston, Massachusetts
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$45K/yr - $64K/yrGinkgo Bioworks is a company focused on making biology easier to engineer, utilizing advanced lab automation technology. They are seeking an Automation Scientist Intern to help operate and maintain a fleet of Reconfigurable Automation Cells, supporting molecular and cell biology workflows while gaining hands-on experience in lab automation.
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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 do scientifically rigorous experimental design and execution as well as how to optimize scientific workflows for running on RAC automation
Qualification
Preferred
Recent graduate (BS/MS) or expected 2026 graduation date in Computer Science, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, or Bioinformatics
Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineers with computational skills and a strong interest in learning biology are also welcome
"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
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.
At Ginkgo, we use biology to grow the future.
Founded in 2008
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.58BKey Investors
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionAgriculture and Food Research Initiative
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Leadership Team
Reshma Shetty
Co-founder
Austin Che
Founder
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