Lila Sciences is seeking to solve humankind's greatest challenges, such as human health, climate, and sustainability, by building a scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Python programming is essential.
- Experience with hardware integration and device driver development, especially in robotics or automation contexts.
- Solid understanding of operating systems such as Linux or Windows.
- Demonstrated ability in debugging and problem-solving hardware-software integration issues.
- Proficiency with version control systems, especially Git.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, embedded systems, or real-time operating systems (RTOS).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing pipelines).
Responsibilities
- Develop robust software drivers to enable communication between robotics and automation hardware (e.g., robotic arms, liquid handlers, sensors) and the control software, ensuring reliable and efficient hardware integration.
- Seamlessly integrate drivers with existing automation frameworks and robotics control systems, ensuring compatibility and stability across multiple platforms.
- Perform rigorous testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of drivers to identify, isolate, and rectify performance issues, bugs, and compatibility challenges.
- Create, update, and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for driver interfaces, APIs, and integration methods, facilitating ease of use by internal teams and end-users.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, software developers, product managers, and end-users, providing technical support and resolving integration challenges promptly.
Other
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Background or exposure in user-centered or human factors design principles.
- Experience working directly with end-users (e.g., scientists, laboratory technicians), using feedback to drive product improvements.
- Commitment to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
- Strong analytical thinking and a structured approach to troubleshooting and resolving complex technical problems.
