Hardware Technician

Prolific Machines

Emeryville, California, United States

Posted on: 2025-05-23

Category: agritech

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Prolific Machines is an innovative startup biotech on a mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable agriculture. We believe that we have the only solution to make cultured meat at a price that is competitive with factory farming. We are looking for mission-driven, skilled, and kind people to help create the alternative we need to transition to a more sustainable and healthy future.

Prolific Machines is ushering in a new era of biotechnology with light. Our first-of-its-kind photomolecular platform delivers unprecedented control, precisely guiding cellular behavior when and where it matters most. Unlike existing tools used to control biology, our technology unlocks dynamic control over virtually any cellular function in any cell type. We're enabling partners to unlock robust efficiency, quality, reproducibility, and sustainability advantages across pharmaceuticals and therapeutic proteins. Prolific is supported by leading investors, including Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mayfield and SOSV.

Help us create a brighter tomorrow with biology. We're looking for mission-driven, talented, and kind people to join our team.

We’re looking for a Hardware Technician to support the assembly, maintenance, and troubleshooting of our growing fleet of custom devices. A successful candidate in this role will help stabilize and scale our device operations by performing hands-on technical work supporting engineers to deliver a variety of improvements and innovations to the device fleet. This role will be based on-site in Emeryville, CA and will report to the Mechatronics Engineer of the company

Diversity: We value diverse people, perspectives, and knowledge. To this end, we aim to foster a sense of belonging that enables everyone to bring their whole, authentic self to work everyday. We are committed to growing a diverse and inclusive team that encompasses all types of people. We believe this can only be achieved by acknowledging the ancestral, historic, and current systemic and communal inequities.

Location: The San Francisco Bay Area (Emeryville, CA)

Benefits: Company-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and spouse, generous equity package, retirement plan with company contribution, flexible PTO with healthy time off minimums, career coaching and mental health support, and plentiful snacks and free lunch every day!

Responsibilities

Build, assemble, and calibrate bioreactor illuminator systems using a variety of techniques such as soldering, 3D printing, cable making, laser cutting, and mechanical joining processes

Troubleshoot and repair issues related to electrical, mechanical, and software/connectivity faults

Support documentation efforts: provide feedback, help improve troubleshooting guides, and escalate systemic issues

Coordinate with scientific teams to install and service devices, and act as a responsive frontline support contact

Maintain a clean, safe, and organized lab and workshop environmentParticipate in team-wide efforts to reduce technical debt and improve system robustness

Other duties as assigned to support the full Hardware team

About You

Have 2+ years of experience in technical roles involving hands-on work with custom electronics, mechanical assemblies, or biotech devices, ideally in a startup or laboratory environment. Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field preferred but not required. Various levels will be considered depending on candidate’s specific experience, with the requirement for Technician II typically being at least 2+ years relevant experience and demonstration of solid foundation of technical knowledge and skills, and the requirement for Sr. Technician typically being at least 5+ years relevant experience and demonstration of substantial understanding of technical knowledge and skills

Comfortable reading schematics and troubleshooting basic electrical circuits, and have practical experience with soldering, multimeter use, and cable harness manufacturing

Familiar with basic mechanical principles; experience with power tools, fabrication techniques, and part fit/finish

Able to follow and improve upon standard operating procedures and safety protocols in both lab and workshop settings

Comfortable interfacing with scientists and end users, understanding their needs, and translating feedback into actionable improvements

Enjoy creative problem solving, taking initiative, and are energized by the dynamics of a startup environment– where guidance and established systems may be limited

The kind of person who likes taking things apart and putting them back together, with a natural curiosity and a steady hand under pressure

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