About Xaira Therapeutics

Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development. The company is leading the development of generative AI models to design protein and antibody therapeutics, enabling the creation of medicines against historically hard-to-drug molecular targets. It is also developing foundation models for biology and disease to enable better target elucidation and patient stratification. Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development. Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.

Job Description:

As an automation engineer contractor, you will be at the intersection of biology, robotics, and software, helping transform how experiments are executed in the lab. You will work side by side with biologists, chemists, and automation engineers to understand real scientific workflows and translate them into automated processes that improve speed, reliability, and scale.

This role is a hands-on training opportunity to learn modern lab automation from the ground up, including exposure to robotics, computer vision, and AI-driven workflows. You will support the automation of diverse experimental pipelines using both established laboratory instruments and emerging robotic platforms, while gaining experience in process engineering, system integration, and real-world problem solving. Your work will directly contribute to increasing the throughput and reproducibility of our research and development efforts, and will prepare you for more advanced roles in automation, robotics, or applied AI.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of biologists, protein engineers, and data scientists to gather and analyze requirements for process automation and optimization.
• Design, develop, and implement automation solutions for high-throughput omics assays and protein production workflows using liquid handler equipment and other relevant technologies.

Qualifications:

What We Offer

• Experience in operating and building a state-of-the-art automation laboratory
• Exposure to robotics and data flow infrastructure management
• The opportunity to be part of a passionate team working on groundbreaking drug discovery projects
• A dynamic, innovative, and supportive work environment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities in a rapidly growing company.

Hourly Compensation

$60-75/hr

Expected Duration

6 Months

Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.

TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Xaira Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or employees. Xaira Therapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.