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# Senior Staff Robotics Software Engineer at Multiply Labs

- **Company:** Multiply Labs
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $195k–$260k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/multiplylabs/a4fb0594-1ecc-4a4f-97db-da56a27cc959

## Job description

## About Multiply Labs

Multiply Labs is a cutting-edge startup based in San Francisco, California, supported by top-tier tech and life science investors such as Casdin Capital, Lux Capital, and Y Combinator. Our mission is to build the best robots in the world, and use them to make the most advanced life-saving therapies accessible to all.

We are revolutionizing the manufacturing of cell therapies by developing advanced robotic systems designed to automate and scale the production of these life-saving treatments. Our robots empower biopharma companies to produce cell therapies at scale without significantly changing their existing processes, reducing regulatory barriers and risks. While traditional approaches are time-consuming and lead to extremely high costs for patients (typically $1M+ per patient), using robotics can make these transformative treatments more accessible and affordable to patients in need.

To learn more and to view a video of our robots in action, visit us at www.multiplylabs.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Duties

- Robot Software Development: Design and implement production-ready software for robotic platforms, ranging from high-level robotic logic to low-level hardware communication.
- Modular Architecture: Develop and maintain modular codebases designed to handle an arbitrary number of operations for automated manufacturing.
- Motion Planning & Control: Implement and optimize sophisticated algorithms for trajectory generation, motion smoothing, and collision avoidance in constrained environments.
- Hardware Interfacing: Develop reliable software interfaces for robotic manipulators to interact with and operate various instruments and custom components.
- Kinematics & Solvers: Design and implement high-performance numerical gradient-based kinematic solvers and real-time trajectory parameterization algorithms.
- Simulation & Validation: Design and improve high-fidelity simulation environments with dynamically rendered tools and realistic collision modeling for system validation.
- Fault Handling: Design state-based task management systems with robust error recovery and safety-first features for industrial automation.
- Technical Leadership: Serve as a point-of-contact for technical roadmaps and provide expert knowledge on deterministic robotic navigation.

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics engineering, robotics, or a related engineering field.
- 7 years of progressive experience as an engineer or related in robotics software engineering.
- 3 years (may be concurrent with 7 years) in the following:
- Design or implementation of multi-threaded or multi-process control systems;
- UR (robotic manipulators or arms);
- Trajectory computation, generation, or parameterization; Robotic collision checking or detection;
- Production level code with emphasis on code quality, reliability, and performance.

## 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)

## Other roles at Multiply Labs

- [Robotics Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/robotics-engineer-multiply-labs-milan-yd3ze579d94z) — Milan, Italy / Pavia, Italy / Turin, Italy
- [Robotics Field Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/robotics-field-engineer-multiply-labs-los-angeles-ftccvkpnbtj2) — Los Angeles, CA
- [VP Software Engineering, Robotics & System](https://feeny.ai/job/vp-software-engineering-robotics-system-multiply-labs-san-francisco-g45wx2hfy5kf) — San Francisco, CA
- [Open Applications at Multiply Labs](https://feeny.ai/job/open-applications-at-multiply-labs-multiply-labs-san-francisco-8831xqbmfs2a) — San Francisco, CA
- [Scientist II](https://feeny.ai/job/scientist-ii-multiply-labs-san-francisco-wd0brjy2sgrn) — San Francisco, CA
- [Senior / Staff Robotics Research Scientist - Dexterous & Mobile Manipulation](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-robotics-research-scientist-dexterous-mobile-manipulation-multiply-8rc8bz6gecn5) — San Francisco, CA