Biomedical Equipment Engineer

As an Equipment Engineer, also referred to as a member of the Scientific Operations (SciOps) team, you will be responsible for providing on-site technical support for both hardware and software systems. Your role will be essential to ensuring the efficient and timely execution of experiments within the lab. This operational efficiency enables a diverse client base — including pharmaceutical companies, startups, and academic research institutions — to conduct cutting-edge scientific research.

This position offers a stimulating challenge, requiring sharp problem-solving abilities, technical acumen, and a proactive approach to troubleshooting issues at multiple levels of complexity. As an Equipment Engineer, you'll develop a deep understanding of more than 200 specialized instruments at Emerald, as well as the critical infrastructure that powers lab protocols. To set you up for success, you will receive extensive training in the Wolfram Language and Emerald’s Symbolic Lab Language (SLL), enabling you to take on an impactful role in laboratory operations.

We are looking for individuals who are eager to transform the way scientific research is conducted. If you have a passion for continuous learning and are motivated to tackle technical challenges head-on, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Who You Are:

• 4 years of experience in a GxP or Life Sciences environment.
• Proficiency in applying rigorous deductive reasoning to solve ambiguous and complex issues that emerge during troubleshooting.
• Ability to work fixed, but non-traditional hours – including a specific night shift.
• You are a data driven individual with strong quantitative skills.
• Eagerness to learn programming and software development (prior experience is a plus, but not required).
• Extensive experience in troubleshooting scientific instrument hardware and software.
• Enthusiasm for learning a wide variety of instruments and techniques.
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, laboratory operations environment.

As a Scientific Operations team member, you would …

• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address challenges encountered during experiment execution (software and instrumentation).
• Identify and resolve code bugs, software glitches, and instrumentation setup errors promptly and effectively.
• Collaborate extensively with cross functional teams to enhance the overall quality and performance of the cloud lab, fostering effective cross-functional teamwork.
• Continuously develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Wolfram Language and its application in interfacing between customers and the physical laboratory.
• Gain expertise in all experiments and instruments offered by Emerald, including familiarity with the associated software and hardware used in lab experiments.

You might resonate with the culture at ECL if ...

• You are passionate about science, technology, and medicine.
• You are impressively empathetic. You can argue the rationale you disagree with as convincingly as the one you agree with.
• You are intellectually fearless. Stretching yourself well out of your comfort zone across multiple disciplines is more the rule than the exception at Emerald.
• You are curious. When first-principles reasoning illuminates a path that diverges from the standard assumptions, you feel compelled to see where it leads.
• You have a keen interest in developing unique skills in an unconventional setting that traditional laboratories cannot provide.

$105,000 - $115,000 a year

Only Night shift available

About the CMU Cloud Lab and ECL:

https://cloudlab.cmu.edu/

The Carnegie Mellon Cloud Lab (CMU Cloud Lab) is the world's first academic Cloud Lab offering a 24/7/365 remote-access facility with over 200 scientific instruments.

Based on the concept pioneered by two CMU alumni through their company, Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL), the CMU Cloud Lab is located in Pittsburgh in the Bakery Square neighborhood in close proximity to CMU’s main campus. The Carnegie Mellon Cloud Lab is powered by the same software running ECL’s facility in Austin, TX, making all operations executable in either facility.

The CMU Cloud Lab provides researchers full control over laboratory processes, data inputs, outputs and sharing. All processes are fully traceable, end-to-end, and enhanced with auxiliary sensor data and sample/asset tracing, creating rich and comprehensive datasets that researchers can investigate and learn from using thousands of powerful functions for data visualization, analysis, and simulations.