Senior Hardware / Systems Engineer

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Who we are

Chemify is creating a future where the access to important molecules, drugs and new materials currently unimaginable are instantly accessible radically increasing the speed of innovation, quality of life, and reach of humanity. The company is building the infrastructure to digitize chemistry to design, make, and discover new molecules with the desired function and properties instantly and on-demand. Chemify has built a platform that combines purpose-built programming languages, robotics, AI, and the world's largest and continuously growing database of chemical programs to accelerate chemical discovery to new, transformative heights.

Chemify is supported by some of the best investors from Silicon Valley and across the world, including Triatomic Capital, BlueYard ventures, DCVC, Founders Fund, and others.

The role

As Chemify continues to automate all of chemistry, the Senior Hardware Engineer will join an effective product development team focused on quickly building, iterating on, and deploying modern automated systems, robotic platforms, tools, and processes to change the world of Chemistry through automation! The hardware engineer will build upon existing platforms and tools by bringing experience and know-how in advanced mechatronics, fluidics, and commercial grade hardware development to take on a key technical role at the company: guiding design, integration, and decision-making towards the rapid realization of exceptional and custom hardware solutions powering Chemify factories in Glasgow Scotland and across the world. The successful candidate will rely on their track-record in successfully designing, building, testing, and launching high-quality mechatronic and fluidic components or systems with significant impact in a commercial organization. To facilitate your role, Chemify boasts an industry-leading array of prototype manufacturing equipment, including advanced 3D printing technologies, CNC machining, and metal forming. They will bring intensity to sustain the pace needed to ensure the rapid development of the core technology required for the success of an early stage organization.

The Senior Hardware Engineer will have the opportunity to collaborate very closely with Chemists, Cheminformaticians, software engineers, operations experts, management, and other hardware engineers to quickly design, develop, launch, and maintain complex hardware systems within Chemify's world-class solutions dedicated to Chemistry. The successful candidate will have a track record of impactful hardware development: from single parts to functional electro-mechanical assemblies, etc... At this stage of their career, they remain extremely motivated to contribute hands-on and aggressively to the development of a hyper-growth, silicon-valley style start-up by delivering high-quality platforms at a high-pace - in Glasgow, Scotland.

Additionally, the Senior Engineer will have a service mentality to understand the needs of the chemists and the business, and will use it to build high-quality solutions significantly improving short- and long-term performance of the company's laboratory. The ideal candidate will be an established and confident engineer, a smart, enthusiastic, energetic, and ambitious individual excited to contribute to development of the world's best infrastructure for high-throughput chemistry that will eventually handle the world's load of synthesis, at Chemify.

At Chemify we understand that talent comes in many forms, and we encourage applications from all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender identity, age, or disability status to join our diverse and inclusive team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the maturation of existing and developing technologies towards commercial grade solutions elegantly meeting the business, user-experience, and operating needs of a rapidly growing company - in a collaborative and high-octane environment.
• Take leadership of fast-turnaround mechatronic projects.
• Ensure solid Design for Manufacturing and Design for Maintenance to facilitate worldwide technology deployment across Chemify's highly versatile, high-throughput chemical factories.
• Work with the Hardware Systems Architect to ensure consistent engineering practices and technologies are applied across all Chemify products.
• Improve company efficiency in short timelines to maximize the value created by existing and future technology products in a human-centric system.
• Introduce new processes and operational functions across the organization by integrating all components into highly efficient workflows decreasing costs, increasing quality, improving turn-around-time, and maximize the overall throughput of the organization.
• Work with Software Engineering, Quality, Laboratory Operations, and Research Chemistry to optimize the day-to-day workflows of the laboratory and company in general to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and scalability in the company's ability to deliver on multiple complex chemical synthesis campaigns in parallel, leveraging the company's core platform components.
• Participate in other tasks across the company to ensure Chemify's ultimate success.

Requirements

• BEng Hons or equivalent in mechanical engineering, design, or equivalent.
• Over 6 years of experience in design, development, testing, and launch of hardware and mechatronics solutions in highly collaborative and cross-functional environments, including at least two years of demonstrable leadership of engineering design projects.
• A proven track record of building successful mechatronics and fluidic solutions to technical problems - trailblazing design and technology as needed.
• Experience designing for a range of manufacturing and fabrication methods such as machining, sheet metal forming, moulding, 3D printing.
• Strong understanding of core mechanical engineering principles such as material selection, GD&T, fluid mechanics
• Experience designing low-pressure pneumatic and hydraulic systems, linear and rotating mechanical systems
• Ability to communicate clearly with external partners to achieve rapid and cost-effective delivery of third-party materials and components
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

• Hardworking and excited to contribute to the Chemify mission.

Desired skills & attributes

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer
• Experience mentoring and supporting early-career engineers
• Experience in platform technology companies focused on scientific challenges a plus.
• Experience with Chemistry a plus