Culture Biosciences is looking to simplify and accelerate bioprocess development to enable customers to bring biopharmaceutical products to market faster by developing a unique platform that merges products, services, and data management for mammalian, microbial, and viral vector production processes.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with tools like Docker and Infrastructure as Code
- Understanding of sensors, actuators, pumps, and data acquisition systems relevant to process automation
- Ability to bridge complex workflows with hardware/software implementation to enable scalable automation
- Experience developing software that interfaces with hardware systems, such as working with embedded code, PLCs, or integrating sensors and instruments
- Familiarity with laboratory or pilot-scale equipment (e.g., bioreactors, fermenters, or other process systems)
- Exposure to process data (e.g., pH, DO, temperature, feed strategies) and ability to apply domain knowledge
- Familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms and connected edge devices
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and maintain software solutions, tools and scripts to run physical automation systems
- Implement feedback control loops, data smoothing algorithms, and graceful failure modes
- Develop process-aware automation workflows tailored for bioreactor and upstream cell culture systems
- Quickly prototype proof-of-concept systems and evaluate technical feasibility
- Balance technical performance, complexity, and reliability
- Work cross-functionally to develop and maintain automation systems, including user testing and feedback, training, and documentation
- Collaborate with end-users, other software engineers, and mechanical engineers to understand design requirements and implement feedback
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years overall experience in software engineering, with exposure to automation, cloud systems, or connected hardware
- Strong communicator, comfortable working in a small, collaborative, multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work in a hybrid position, with at least 3 days per week in the office in South San Francisco
- Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area
