Senior Research Associate

Ginkgo Bioworks
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
27 Drydock Avenue (Show on map)
Apr 09, 2025
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe's growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms. We are seeking a Senior Research Associate to join our HTS wet-lab team at Ginkgo Datapoints. This role is ideal for someone passionate about lab automation, high-throughput screening, and process optimization, eager to operate workcells and help design automated experimental workflows. Responsibilities Test, maintain, and troubleshoot robotic platforms and laboratory automation instruments to execute biological protocols for antibody developability and functional genomics products. Collaborate with scientists to transfer manual processes to automated liquid handler workflows, validate, and execute them. Execute experiments to validate the quality and performance of laboratory automation systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements. Provide technical training and support to laboratory personnel on automation processes, equipment, and technologies. Maintain and support safe lab practices and ensure quality control of instrumentation performance. Work independently and in an agile manner to complete tasks or projects within designated timelines. Preferred Capabilities and Experience BS or MS in biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, pharmacology, or related fields. 3-5 years of experience in an industry laboratory setting, ideally with lab automation or high-throughput screening. Experience with lab automation (e.g., HRB workcells, Prime, Lynx, Hamilton). Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture, including assay development. Flow cytometry, or high-content imaging experience is a plus. Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to efficiently resolve issues with automated systems while quickly adapting to evolving technology and assay methodology. Ability to work in a dynamic environment with a sense of urgency, creativity, and focus on deliverables. To learn more about Ginkgo, visitwww.ginkgobioworks.com/press/or check out some curated press below: What is it really like to take your company public via a SPAC? One Boston biotech shares its journey (Fortune) Ginkgo Bioworks resizes the definition of going big in biotech, raising $2.5B in a record SPAC deal that weighs in with a whopping $15B-plus valuation (Endpoints News) Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: 'If we try, we can win' (CNBC) Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universities (Boston Globe) Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal) Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 Response (PRNewswire) The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize Manufacturing (Forbes) Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New Funding (Bloomberg) Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts (Reuters) Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs? (The Atlantic) We also feel that it's important to point out the obvious here - there's a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life. We're developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can - and will - impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it's something we'll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it's critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology. 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