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About Periodic Labs
Periodic Labs is an AI + physical sciences lab focused on building state-of-the-art models to enable novel scientific discoveries. The company is well funded, growing rapidly, and values team members who take ownership and solve problems without bureaucracy. The team eagerly learns new tools and science to advance their mission.
About the Role
Join a world-class team of scientists and engineers pushing the boundaries of materials research using AI and automation. The Systems Engineer will translate scientific ideas into working systems by shaping requirements, partnering with automation vendors for design and build, and leading installation and bring-up on site. The role includes aligning teams, sequencing work, and ensuring complex interfaces become dependable operations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with physicists, chemists, and materials scientists to translate experiments into system requirements.
- Lead vendor engagements including scoping work, reviewing designs, guiding build decisions, and managing schedules.
- Coordinate site preparation and installation with facilities and contractors.
- Plan and execute acceptance testing (FAT/SAT) with vendors.
- Create runbooks and user training for lab system operations.
Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or related engineering field.
- 3+ years experience commissioning or bringing up complex lab, pilot or manufacturing equipment.
- Comfortable with instrumentation and controls basics.
- Hands-on experience with installation and testing of complex lab equipment.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with formal acceptance/qualification processes (factory/site acceptance; installation/operational qualification).
- Exposure to motion systems, robotics cells, precision alignment, vibration/thermal characterization.
- Familiarity with supervisory control systems/data historians.
- Background in labs or advanced manufacturing; comfort interfacing with facilities/utilities.
- Demonstrated accomplishments recognized in your field.
Periodic Labs aims to create an AI scientist and autonomous laboratories for them to operate, focusing on accelerating science in the physical sciences. They build AI scientists and autonomous labs to generate high-quality experimental data, enabling new scientific discoveries and applications such as discovering higher-temperature superconductors and aiding semiconductor manufacturers.
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