Sr. Principal or Engineering Advisor - Agentic Lab Automation Integration
$132k/y-$222k/y
Eli Lilly and Company3 days ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Eli Lilly and Company is seeking a Sr. Principal or Engineering Advisor - Agentic Lab Automation Integration to join their team in Indianapolis, IN. The role involves engineering integrations between Agentic AI and physical lab systems to enhance laboratory science.
About the Role
As a Sr. Principal or Engineering Advisor, you will be responsible for rebuilding the Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) cycle by integrating agentic AI, cloud-based orchestration, and LIMS infrastructure. Your tasks will include building multi-agent systems, deploying containerized services, and representing Frontier AI in the broader AI community. You will collaborate with chemists, biologists, and automation engineers to deploy intelligent systems that accelerate molecule discovery tasks.
About You
Required:
- PhD (or MS + 2 yrs / BS + 5 yrs equivalent experience) in Chemical / Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with demonstrated wet-lab automation experience.
- Demonstrated experience with laboratory automation systems and LIMS engineering.
- Direct experience integrating software control and/or AI systems with lab automation platforms.
- Strong experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes-based orchestration in production environments.
- Experience building scalable and production-level python applications using tools like Redis, FastAPI, flask/streamlit, pytest.
Preferred:
- Experience with LLM post-training, fine-tuning, or RLHF.
- Direct experience integrating AI or algorithmic decision systems with laboratory automation.
- Proven ability to build and maintain the translation layer between high-level planning logic and low-level instrument control.
- Demonstrable research experience, evidenced by contributions to projects, and ideally through publications in relevant ML/NLP venues.
Benefits
- Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits.
- Eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits.
- Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts).
- Life insurance and death benefits.
- Certain time off and leave of absence benefits.
- Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world. It all started nearly 150 years ago with a clear vision from founder Colonel Eli Lilly: "Take what you find here and make it better and better." Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing science to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges. General Information and Guidelines: When you engage with us on LinkedIn, you're agreeing to these Community Guidelines: https://e.lilly/guidelines. If you have questions about a Lilly medicine, contact The Lilly Answers Center at 1-800-Lilly-Rx (1-800-545-5979) Monday through Friday, excluding company holidays.
Indianapolis, IN