About us

Counsyl is a technology company that strives to give millions of men and women access to vital information about their bodies, helping them confidently make choices about their lives. The team consists of world class engineers, scientists and clinical experts as well as a renowned engineering and scientific advisory board. Counsyl integrates sophisticated technology with custom robotic automation in its accredited medical laboratory. This focus on technology has made Counsyl a leader in helping patients and doctors communicate about medical results in real time. Its products have won the Wall Street Journal’s Innovation Award for Medicine, and have been named one of Scientific American's "Top 10 World Changing Ideas."

Counsyl’s Family Prep Screen has already helped hundreds of thousands of people discover critical information before having children, and the Counsyl platform extends beyond family preparation to include inherited cancer screening. Counsyl has raised a total of $93M and is privately funded by Founders Fund, Felicis Ventures, Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, Goldman Sachs, and Google executive David Drummond.

About you

You should have a BS in Electrical Engineering / Biomedical Engineering (or equivalent) and/or independent experience working on laboratory or robotic hardware as displayed by prior employment/projects. The following should also describe you:

• You have the attentiveness and vigilance to maintain a complex suite of robotic equipment

• You know when the solution to a problem is hardware, software, or both

• You recognize quickly when you see a superior solution and are not afraid to incorporate changes

• You work tirelessly to get things done

• You are well organized and have an eye for detail

• The prospect of a fully automated genome factory gets you excited

• You want to experience the rise of a startup from the inside, and want to learn everything you don’t yet know to perform optimally in a fast-paced environment

What you'll do

• Take responsibility for uptime on a multi million dollar pipeline through equipment maintenance and rapid response to issues

• Interface with CLIA personnel to troubleshoot problems and schedule maintenance and repairs

• Manage service contracts for all third-party instruments and handle service visits

• Work closely with automation service engineers to define critical feature requests and potential improvements

• Maintain the most advanced laboratory technology in molecular diagnostics

• Help fabricate and deploy low-volume custom hardware: from sensor-driven electrical circuits to structural supports for heavy equipment

• Develop, optimize and troubleshoot liquid handling processes on multiple instrument types

• Help specify and support implementation of custom software tools to improve efficiency of robotics stack (robots, gantries, PLCs, scheduling, tracking, safety, etc...)

• Use all technological tools at your disposal to optimize your efficiency - propose new tools

• Apply cutting edge technology to quite literally save lives