Software Intern, Autonomous Lab

Responsibilities

• Enable "Protocols as Code" by developing and refining Python-based protocols to control liquid handlers, plate readers, and robotic arms
• Assist in the development of Catalyst Agent, an LLM-based interface that allows scientists to launch experiments using natural language
• Work on data pipelines to automatically harvest, structure, and upload experimental data from Reconfigurable Automation Cells (RACs) into the data lake
• Develop device drivers to integrate new hardware instruments into the Catalyst ecosystem

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python
• Interest in laboratory automation and "Lab-in-the-Loop" technologies
• Ability to work onsite five days a week in Emeryville, California

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hardware control or APIs
• Interest in biological data standards
• Experience or interest in applying software skills to physical systems or computational biology

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Health spending accounts and voluntary benefits
• Unlimited Paid Time Off policy
• 8 paid holidays plus a full-week winter shutdown

About the Company

Ginkgo Bioworks is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. We are building the world’s first "Total Autonomous Lab"—a facility where scientific work is requested by code and executed by robots, 24/7.