Intern, Automation Engineering

Sound Agriculture · Other US Location

Company

Sound Agriculture

Location

Other US Location

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Why you should join us:

At Sound Agriculture, we believe our food system can nourish consumers, farming communities, and the planet. Through a deeper understanding of plant and microbial biology, we are leveraging the natural power of plants to make agriculture more agile and resilient. Our work focuses on developing nutrient efficiency products and modernizing plant breeding to improve the way we farm and the food we eat. Sound is a Series C startup funded by leading investors in food and agriculture such as Leaps by Bayer, Northpond Ventures, S2G Ventures, Fall Line Capital, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Cavallo Ventures and Syngenta Group Ventures.

What you'll do:

The Intern, Automation Engineering provides assistance to Liquid Handling Automation Engineering projects to enable screening of new molecules that modulate soil beneficial microbes and/or regulate plant growth and/or nutrient utilization. Duties include working collaboratively with end-users to understand issues and bugs with current scripts, identifying and implementing creative solutions to improve efficiencies of liquid handling scripting. In this role, the Intern, Automation Engineering gains experience working with a variety of liquid handling robots and learns about high throughput microbial & molecular workflows.ย 

This position reports to an Automation Engineer on the Foundry team. This role is based on-site, working in our Emeryville, California laboratory.


Responsibilities:

  • Supports creation, modification, and maintenance of liquid handling automation systems (i.e. Tecan Fluent, Agilent Bravo, and Opentrons OT-2) and documentation, including automation specification documents and procedures.
  • Works with users across functional teams to facilitate automated lab workflows
  • Data analysis and presentation
  • Preventative maintenance to ensure equipment is working properly

Targeted Skills/Experience:

  • Undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) and has an interest in biology
  • Knowledge or experience in basic laboratory techniques and coding languages
  • Good team player with good communication skills
  • Self-motivated with ability to take initiativeย 
  • High attention to detail, problem-solving skills and exhibits flexibility in changing priorities

This role demonstrates our core values by:ย 

  • Boldness: Search for ways to improve and increase efficiency of automated workflows
  • Ownership: Takes responsibility for helping lab users get their protocols back online
  • Respect: Effectively communicates issues and progress to stakeholders
  • Creativity: Identifies and implements creative solutions to improve liquid handling scripting or processes


What we offer:

  • Opportunity to work in an early-stage, disruptive startup with a talented, experienced, and growing team of dedicated individuals
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Performance bonus structure
  • Comprehensive health care plans that include Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
  • Flex Spending Account (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter Benefit)
  • 401k Plan
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Regular team events and engagement activities (we actually like hanging out with each other!)

Sound Agriculture does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. We will not respond to unsolicited requests to submit candidates.


Equal Employment Opportunity

We seek a diverse pool of applicants and consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, Veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.

Sound participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Sound is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before Sound takes any action, including terminating your employment.


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Date Posted

11/13/2022

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