Senior Robotics Engineer

The Role

Joining Moderna offers the opportunity to help advance mRNA medicines through high-impact robotics automation and systems engineering for Research.

This Senior Robotics Engineer is an individual contributor role provides expert technical leadership for robotics and automation platforms that enable scalable flexible high-throughput research workflows. You will contribute to the design integration and validation of robotic systems electronic controls custom automation software and orchestration platforms while advising cross-functional teams solving complex technical problems and building consensus around practical reliable solutions.

Heres What Youll Do

• Provide expert technical leadership for robotics and automation projects supporting research discovery experimental enablement and high-throughput scientific workflows.

• Contribute to system architecture across robotics motion control instrument control scheduling data flow safety and orchestration layers.

• Translate scientific and operational needs into system specifications requirements integration plans risk assessments and verification strategies.

• Design and develop automation software electronic controls and workflows that integrate robotics instruments sensors and data systems.

• Lead or co-lead integration of robotic platforms new instruments technologies and automation modules into extensible platform architectures.

• Identify and help manage technical risks dependencies and complexity while improving throughput flexibility reliability reproducibility and process efficiency.

• Serve as a technical expert and advisor for robotics automation controls and systems integration within Research and partner scientific teams.

• Partner with Research Delivery Science Digital Engineering and scientific stakeholders to align platform capabilities with experimental goals data needs and evolving research priorities.

• Apply automation best practices external technology awareness and emerging robotics capabilities to improve experimental workflows research productivity and the platform roadmap.

• Communicate advanced technical concepts clearly build consensus and influence stakeholders to adopt effective technical approaches.

• Mentor engineers and scientists and contribute to standards and best practices in robotics engineering automation software controls verification and validation.

Heres What Youll Need (Basic Qualifications):

• B.S. or higher with 2 years or more of relevant experience in robotics automation systems controls software engineering or a related discipline.

• Deep experience designing integrating and validating robotic systems electronic controls scientific instrumentation and automation software.

• Strong programming skills in Python C# or similar languages for automation instrument control robotics integration workflow orchestration or data-driven platform development.

• Ability to translate complex laboratory and scientific workflows into scalable automated research systems with clear requirements risk assessments verification plans and support models.

• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems using advanced analytical judgment cross-functional influence and technical leadership.

• This position is site-based requiring you to be at Modernas site full-time. This position is not eligible for remote work.

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with liquid handling robotics collaborative or industrial robotic systems motion control automation safety and instrument integration.

• Experience with research automation assay enablement scientific instrumentation or automated experimental workflows in a biotechnology pharmaceutical or academic research environment.

• Experience architecting modular automation systems orchestration platforms reusable software frameworks or extensible robotic workcells.

• Familiarity with LNP development or other complex experimental systems.

• Strong record of technical leadership stakeholder influence mentorship and communication across diverse audiences.

• A desire to make an impact in a fast-paced mission-driven organization that is Bold Relentless Curious and Collaborative.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna we believe that when you feel your best you can do your best work. Thats why our benefits and well-being resources are designed to support youat work at home and everywhere in between.

• Competitive healthcare plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
• A holistic approach to well-being with access to fitness mindfulness and mental health support
• Family planning benefits including fertility adoption and surrogacy support
• Generous paid time off including vacation volunteer days sabbatical global recharge days and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
• Location-specific perks and extras

The salary range for this role is $145900.00 - $234200.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An individuals position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to specific competencies relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills performance and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus other incentive compensation or equity award subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010 we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.

By living our mission values and mindsets every day our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients our employees the environment and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.

Equal Opportunities

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry or citizenship ethnicity disability military or protected veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital or familial status or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day please apply!

Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Accommodations

Were focused on attracting retaining developing and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences backgrounds and ideas we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at .

Export Control Notice This position may involve access to technology or data that is subject to U.S. export control laws including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such employment is contingent upon the applicants ability to access export-controlled information in accordance with U.S. law. Due to the nature of the work and regulatory requirements only individuals who qualify as U.S. persons (citizens permanent residents asylees or refugees) are eligible for this position. For this role Moderna is unable to sponsor non-U.S. persons to apply for an export control license.

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