--- title: 'Manufacturing Assembly Technician at Volta Labs, Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/manufacturing-assembly-technician-volta-labs-inc-seaport-district-boston-qmhpha549rxc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-02' --- # Manufacturing Assembly Technician at Volta Labs, Inc. - **Company:** Volta Labs, Inc. - **Location:** Seaport District Boston, MA - **Compensation:** $26–$29/hr - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2023-12-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/voltalabs/eacee920-852f-4902-a808-f44aa226e830 ## Job description ## ABOUT US: Volta Labs is an applications company that is revolutionizing the future of genomics. We are a Boston based, venture-backed biotech startup that makes extracting vital information from biological samples is as simple as pressing a button, through our flagship product Callisto. Our product speeds up processing time for scientists and increases accessibility to important genetic information for patients. Sitting at the intersection of science and engineering, we invite you to join us on our journey to shape the future of genomics, where insatiable curiosity is encouraged and every Voltarian makes an impact. ## THE TEAM: You'll join a team of innovative thinkers who love to experiment, collaborate, and win together. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of automation, biology, computing, robotics, design, and user experience to benefit our customers and the world. The Role: The Manufacturing Assembly Technician is a key member of the Manufacturing team, and will be literally assembling, calibrating, and testing our Instrument from top to bottom. It’s a fairly repetitive role, and for someone who likes the challenge of piecing together a big puzzle every day that involves moderately difficult electromechanical systems, combined with the knowledge that your hands are building the tech of the future, it will be a great fit. This role requires attendance during normal working hours between 9-5, 5 days a week in the Boston Seaport area. This a contract role with the potential to become permanent. Day to Day and Year 1 - Building the Instrument, Testing, Calibrating, and performing Quality checks - Packaging and shipping the machine to customer labs - Add support building the consumables (simpler assembly, but more dextrous work) during downtime Within 3 months you’ll… - Complete onboarding, understand the product - Be able to competently build, calibrate, and test with little to no oversight By 6 months you’ll… - Trained across all manufacturing operations, and be participating in continuous improvement efforts - You will also begin to be knowledgeable enough to facilitate debugging and testing machines within our internal development lab. At 12+ months you’ll… - Expand skill sets to support full machine assembly. - Assist engineering team in developing design improvements for manufacturing. - Contribute to continuous process improvements ## Qualifications - High School Diploma or GED required. 5+ years of military training and experience testing, and troubleshooting of large military platforms to be considered in lieu of technical diploma. - 1-2+ years experience in a manufacturing environment that involves assembling products with any combination of electronics, robotics, or mechanical components - Physical Requirement: Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, work while standing for extended periods and be comfortable bending, leaning, reaching, and working in and around machinery as part of daily job duties. - Experience debugging and repairing electrical components using multimeters. - Must use and understand the application of hand tools, torque wrenches, and related assembly tools. - Experience reading, following, and applying manufacturing work instructions required. - Experience with more advanced manufacturing/ debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, metrology tools, etc preferred but not required. - Experience with interpreting and reading engineering drawings to ASME standards preferred but not required. - Must be a self-starter who looks for ways to improve the job and related processes and shows initiative in execution. - Ability to Self-manage your day-to-day areas with minimal supervision, while completing tasks with high quality output and timely delivery Our Benefits and Perks: - Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage, including Medical, Dental, & Vision - HSA with monthly company contribution, & FSA - Sponsored Commuter Benefit Plans - Access to Our 401K Plan, to save for your future - 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave - Paid Time Off, because we understand the importance of time off for rest and adventure - 11 Paid Holidays - Twice Weekly Company Lunches, office snacks, beverages, & treats - Monthly Team Happy Hours and regular team outings! We are an equal opportunity employer and foster diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, and we actively seek out and value diverse backgrounds and experiences. Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself positively contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of genomics! ## About Volta Labs, Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Volta Labs is a venture-backed genomics startup that automates next-generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation using a proprietary digital fluidics platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; last round: Venture Round Jan 2024 – $12.7M) - **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Seaport District) - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Udayan Umapathi (CEO) and Abdul Mohammed (Head of Product & Genomics Applications Development) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Biotechnology / Genomics (NGS sample preparation) - **Target customers**: B2B – academic research labs, clinical diagnostic labs, biopharma R&D, sequencing service providers - **Mission statement**: "To redefine the boundaries of what's possible in biology by making the extraction of vital information from biological samples as simple as pressing a button." ## Products & Services - **[Callisto™ Sample Prep System]**: An automated, walk-away platform for NGS library preparation (extraction, library prep, target enrichment). Supports whole genome sequencing, targeted sequencing, and long-read sequencing (Oxford Nanopore). Designed for high sensitivity, low duplication rates, and consistent performance across any sample type and sequencer. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company; total funding of $32.7M as of 2024) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$3.4M (estimated); total funding $32.7M across 5 rounds - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include seed and venture funds (specific lead investors not named in search results); partners include Hartwig Medical Foundation, UMC Utrecht, Norwegian Sequencing Centre, and academic institutions through the Access Program. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 42 employees (stable); expansion into Nordic region (Norway); new long-read sequencing app for Oxford Nanopore; collaboration with Hartwig Medical Foundation for oncology research; Access Program launched for budget-constrained academic labs. ## Competitive Advantages - **Full-stack reinvention**: Unlike competitors that automate only software or robotics, Volta redesigned hardware, software, chemistry, and biology end-to-end. - **Industry-leading robustness**: >98% success rate across sample types, chemistries, and sequencers, with <3% redo rates for targeted sequencing. - **Lower operating costs**: Reagent miniaturization and high-density sequencing reduce per-sample cost. - **Walk-away automation**: No manual oversight needed, freeing scientists to focus on discovery. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand long-read capabilities** – recent launch of automated library prep for Oxford Nanopore LSK114. - **Deepen clinical partnerships** – e.g., UMC Utrecht using Callisto for prenatal/postnatal testing. - **Support academic researchers** – Access Program offers discounted pricing amid budget cuts. - **Geographic expansion** – growing presence in Europe (Nordic region, Netherlands, Norway). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Anti-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers; "data-driven" decision-making; ideas win on merit, not hierarchy. - **Work environment**: On-site/hybrid in Boston Seaport lab; emphasis on in-person collaboration for experimental work; flexible schedules tied to experiments but with ownership of work/life balance. - **Perks**: Venture-backed startup with tangible impact in genomics; opportunity to work across biology, mechanical engineering, software, and chemistry. - **Engineering culture**: Full-stack innovation; transparency with raw data; high autonomy and ownership. - **Reviews**: Mixed employee ratings on third-party sites (2.7/5 overall; strengths in career growth 3.1, but lower work-life 2.4 and compensation 2.2) – typical of early-stage startup with intense pace. ## Sources 1. [voltalabs.com](https://www.voltalabs.com/) – Official product and mission info 2. [voltalabs.com/careers](https://www.voltalabs.com/careers) – Culture and career page 3. [voltalabs.com/about-us](https://www.voltalabs.com/about-us) – About the company 4. [linkedin.com/company/volta-labs-inc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/volta-labs-inc) – Company financials, headcount, recent news 5. [jobs.lever.co/voltalabs](https://jobs.lever.co/voltalabs) – Open positions (e.g., Senior Research Associate-NGS, Manufacturing Assembly Technician, Head of Finance, etc.) ## Other roles at Volta Labs, Inc. - [Lab Technician- Quality Control](https://feeny.ai/job/lab-technician-quality-control-volta-labs-inc-seaport-district-boston-zpm27emtnwhv) — Seaport District Boston, MA - [Join our Talent Community](https://feeny.ai/job/join-our-talent-community-volta-labs-inc-seaport-district-boston-76hzwh9q98sy) — Seaport District Boston, MA - [Manufacturing Assembly Technician](https://feeny.ai/job/manufacturing-assembly-technician-hellbender-inc-pittsburgh-d9btk8z7pr5a) — Pittsburgh, PA