Position Summary
Cellares is seeking an innovative and highly motivated Software Engineer who will contribute significantly to the development of our advanced cell therapy manufacturing platform.
The primary focus of this position will be the design and implementation of software subsystems that live at the edge of the software-hardware boundary. You will assist in the architecture and implementation of these software components and work with the systems/mechanical teams to bring up and validate new automation systems. Additionally, this role involves working with camera systems, requiring familiarity with OpenCV and a strong understanding of image processing techniques to enable accurate detection, analysis, and integration of visual data into automation workflows.
This individual will interface across many parts of the company to develop novel products used in the cell therapy and gene therapy world. The individual will interface across many parts of the company (with scientists, researchers, and engineers) to develop the best solutions possible.
Candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and be prepared to tackle a broad selection of challenges as the company grows.
Responsibilities
- Module-level design, implementation, and maintenance of high-quality software applications
- Maintain and improve existing image processing application
- Ensure successful integration of software modules in our larger software application suites
- Work with biologists, product management, software engineers, and mechanical engineers to define, implement, and verify software engineering requirements
- Participate in software engineering lifecycle from Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Reviews through testing and maintenance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or a related technical degree
- 5+ years of industry experience
- 2+ years of experience in C# or Java
- Experience working with web-based distributed applications (Front-end / HTML / Javascript / CSS and Back-end REST-based APIs)
- Previous experience with image processing software development
- Experience with object-oriented programming and SOLID principles is required
- Experience with programming languages such as .Net /C#, Java, or C++
- Familiarity with the principles of SDLC and methodologies like Agile/Scrum, CI, Good Documentation Practices, Refactoring, and Testing Techniques
- Experience working with relational databases is preferred
- Strong analytical and debugging skills
- Openness to learning new tools such as C# 9.0 and the latest version of Angular
- Understanding of operating systems, especially Windows and Linux preferred
- Knowledge of static code analysis tools such as Coverity, SonarQube
- Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio and Azure DevOps preferred
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative start-up environment
- Experience in a regulated industry such as medical devices, cell therapy, bioprocessing, or instrumentation is highly desirable
- Self-awareness, integrity, authenticity, and a growth mindset
This is Cellares
Cellares is the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) and takes an Industry 4.0 approach to mass manufacturing the living drugs of the 21st century. The company is both developing and operating integrated technologies for cell therapy manufacturing to accelerate access to life-saving cell therapies. The company’s Cell Shuttle integrates all the technologies required for the entire manufacturing process in a flexible and high-throughput platform that delivers true walk-away, end-to-end automation. Cell Shuttles will be deployed in Cellares’ Smart Factories around the world to meet total patient demand for cell therapies at global scale. Partnering with Cellares enables academics, biotechs, and pharma companies to accelerate drug development and scale out manufacturing, lower process failure rates, lower manufacturing costs, and meet global patient demand.
The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California with its commercial-scale IDMO Smart Factory in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The company is backed by world-class investors and has raised over $355 million in financing.
Leveling will be based on overall experience, education, and demonstration of knowledge throughout the interview process.
Top Skills
What We Do
Cellares is revolutionizing cell therapy manufacturing. We are developing a one-of-a-kind solution, The Cell Shuttle, to overcome the challenges associated with manufacturing so these life-saving therapies are affordable and widely available to patients who can benefit.
The clinical impact of cell therapy in treating cancer has been proven, but this therapeutic approach has several limitations, especially in manufacturing, leaving extremely sick patients waiting for treatment and desperate for hope.
Since cell therapy is currently produced for a single patient at a time, it is expensive to manufacture, requiring significant time and resources, and is difficult to scale.
Preclinical and clinical scientists, as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers also lack the options to fully automate their manufacturing process quickly, safely, cost-effectively and at the scale they need.
The Cell Shuttle is an automated and closed end-to-end manufacturing solution that is flexible and scalable, enabling customers to run exact processes specified for their cell therapy. Compared with the current manual manufacturing processes for cell therapy, the Cell Shuttle’s next-generation automated manufacturing solution has 10 times the scalability (meaning 10 times more patient doses can be produced simultaneously), enables a three-fold reduction in process failure rates and will reduce the per-patient manufacturing cost by up to 70 percent for most processes.
