Anthrogen · San Francisco, CA, US · In-office · Posted 2mo ago
$140k - $220k
We work on generalizable tools for the next era of biotech.
## Robotics Engineer — Early Team (SF)
We’re a seed-stage team in San Francisco building robotic systems to automate real-world lab workflows. Most lab processes today are still manual, slow, and error-prone.
Our goal is to build a fully autonomous, “black-box” lab — systems that can take in high-level inputs and run physical workflows end-to-end without human intervention.
We’re not there yet. The system is still evolving, and a big part of this role is figuring out what actually works and making it reliable.
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### What you’ll do
* Design and build mechanical and electromechanical subsystems * Write the code that actually runs the system (control logic, sequencing, hardware interfaces) * Bring up new hardware and get it working end-to-end * Debug failures across the full system — mechanical, electrical, and software * Iterate until systems are stable and repeatable, not just working once
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### Required
* You’ve built and delivered at least one complex physical system with real ownership * You’re comfortable writing code that interfaces directly with hardware * Strong ability in at least one area: * Mechanical design * Controls * Embedded / systems programming * Experience working with motors, sensors, and power in a real system * Good at solving unexpected problems
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### Preferred
* Experience building systems that had to run reliably over time, not just demos * Experience integrating multiple subsystems into a working system * Prior startup, lab, or independent build experience
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### What this role requires
* Ownership — you will be responsible for real parts of the system * Comfort with ambiguity — we are still figuring things out * Speed — we build and iterate quickly
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### Details
* San Francisco (in-person) * Compensation: $140k–$220k + equity