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title: 'Robotics Engineer at Multiply Labs'
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# Robotics Engineer at Multiply Labs

- **Company:** Multiply Labs
- **Location:** Milan, Italy / Pavia, Italy / Turin, Italy
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/multiplylabs/085e47ce-44eb-4103-8977-e83a034281a2

## Job description

Join the Future of Regenerative Medicine Multiply Labs is a robotics company on a mission to solve a significant bottleneck in modern medicine: the manufacturing of life-saving cell therapies. Currently, cell therapies are produced through manual, labor-intensive processes. This keeps costs astronomical—often exceeding $1M per patient—and limits access to only a fraction of those in need. We are revolutionizing this process by building the world’s first modular autonomous robotic factories for pharmaceutical production.

## Why This Matters

We don’t just build robots; we build the infrastructure for the next generation of medicine. Our technology allows biopharma companies to scale production without redesigning their science, drastically lowering regulatory hurdles and bringing costs down to a level where these treatments can actually reach patients. The Stack & The Scale The Mission: Build the world’s best robots to make life-saving therapies accessible to all. The Technology: Advanced robotic orchestration, high-precision automation, and cloud-integrated hardware-software systems. The Location: Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with offices around the world. This role is based in Italy. The Backing: Supported by premier investors, including Casdin Capital, Lux Capital, and Y Combinator.

## About The Role

We are looking for a hands-on Robotic Engineer who is passionate about applied technology and thrives in an operational environment. You will join our integration and testing team, working directly on the robotic cells that automate cell therapy manufacturing in a GMP setting. You will own the full cycle — from device configuration through full-cell qualification — and play a key role in bringing our systems from design to deployment.

## Key Responsibilities

- Configure and test electromechanical devices in preparation for full robotic cell qualification

- Collaborate with electricians and assembly teams to diagnose and resolve issues during configuration and testing phases

- Execute test protocols using internal software, ensuring full traceability and quality of results

- Manage the organization and documentation of tested devices and materials

- Support the software integration of new devices and peripherals

- Actively participate in all stages of robotic cell qualification, from setup through final execution

Required Qualifications

- Programming: Advanced proficiency in Python

- Operating systems: Linux and Windows; confident use of the terminal and development tools

- Version control: Git (daily use in a team environment)

- Robotics: hands-on experience with industrial or collaborative robots, or a strong theoretical foundation in kinematics, dynamics, and control

- Hands-on mindset: strong manual dexterity and ability to work physically with complex electromechanical systems

- Problem-solving: empirical approach, comfort with experimentation, and ability to find solutions in the field

- Technical reading: ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and product documentation

- Organization: autonomy, proactivity, and ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment

- Communication: ability to clearly communicate technical ideas and schedule risks to distributed, international teams

- Languages: English B2+ (written and spoken for technical documentation and US team communication); Italian C2 (Native/Bilingual proficiency).

- Mobility: valid driver's license (A/B), own vehicle required

Additional Preferred Experiences:

- MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or related field

- PhD in Robotics or Autonomous Systems

- Experience in regulated environments (GMP, ISO 13485, or equivalent)

- Familiarity with ROS or control frameworks for collaborative robots

## Perks & Benefits

Total Rewards & Life at Multiply Labs

- Competitive Compensation: Salary range of €50,000.00 - €70,000 plus meaningful early-stage equity. We want our team to have a real stake in the future we’re building.

- Parental Support: Robust Paid Parental Leave to support your family’s newest additions.
- Referral bonuses for helping us build a world-class team.
- Great people, meaningful work, and a team that genuinely believes in what we're building.

Come build the world’s best robots—and help make life-saving therapies accessible to all.

## About Multiply Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Multiply Labs develops advanced robotic systems that manufacture next-generation cell therapies and individualized drugs at scale, providing pharma robotics as a service.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, $22.8M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2016 (Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch)
- **Founders**: Fred Parietti (Co-Founder & CEO) and others (no additional names publicly confirmed)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Robotics Engineering for life sciences / pharmaceutical manufacturing
- **Target customers**: B2B; biotech and pharmaceutical companies developing cell and gene therapies (enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Building the world’s best robots to make advanced therapies accessible to all” – automation is the key to enabling life-saving therapies to reach all patients who need them

## Products & Services
- **Robotic Manufacturing Systems**: Cloud-controlled modular robotic systems that automate the production of individualized drugs and cell therapies. Compatible with market-leading GMP instruments and GxP software. Sold as “robotic production capacity” (robotics-as-a-service).
- **Digital Process Control**: Real-time monitoring and data management integrated with leading facility management software.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $3.2M (latest data); Total funding $22.8M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 
  * Lead investor in Series A: Casdin Capital ($20M, April 2021)
  * Partners: Legend Biotech, Retro Biosciences, Portal Biotechnologies, GenScript, UCSF, Stanford
- **Growth Signals**: 
  * Headcount grew 37.7% YoY to 61 employees
  * $85M partnership with Retro Biosciences (May 2024)
  * Published 74% cost reduction breakthrough for cell therapy manufacturing (August 2025)
  * Open job postings for senior robotics, VP Software Engineering, and research scientists

## Competitive Advantages
- First-mover in robotic manufacturing specifically for cell and gene therapies
- Cloud-controlled modular systems designed to be deployed inside pharma customers’ facilities
- Peer-reviewed studies with UCSF and Stanford validate performance
- Compatible with established GMP instruments, lowering adoption barriers

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling commercial deployments with top pharma partners (Legend Biotech, Retro Bio)
- Reducing cost of cell therapy manufacturing to unlock global patient access
- Expanding robotic capabilities for dexterous and mobile manipulation (reflected in recent job postings)
- Growing the engineering and research team to accelerate product development

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: A tight-knit team of roboticists, scientists, and engineers (52 people + 1 robot) united by a mission to solve a real manufacturing bottleneck. Described as “one of the hardest problems we know of.”
- **Work policy**: On-site in San Francisco (all listed roles are on-site); also an office in Milan/Pavia/Turin, Italy.
- **Employer rating**: 3.7/5 on Built In (12 reviews) – culture score 3.5, career score 3.5, compensation 3.2, work-life 2.7.
- **Notable perks**: Y Combinator alumni; exposure to cutting-edge robotics and biopharma; opportunity to work with global pharma leaders.
- **Diverse team**: Workforce spans 5 countries (US, Italy, China, Brazil, Russia) with strong technical tilt (47% technical staff).
- **Recent open roles**: VP Software Engineering, Senior/Staff Robotics Research Scientist, Robotics Software Engineer, Field Engineer, Executive Assistant to the CEO.

## Sources
1. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/multiply-labs) – Company details, financials, workforce, news
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/multiply-labs) – Reviews, culture, office locations, open jobs
3. [multiplylabs.com/team](https://www.multiplylabs.com/team) – Team page, mission statement, culture
4. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/multiply-labs) – Founding info, batch, description
5. [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com) – News on partnerships and cost reduction (via search results)

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