Job brief: Senior Laboratory Automation Engineer

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• Listed on Natera's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Natera's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $125,900 to $157,400 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Carlos, CA · US - CA - SC Industrial Rd
• Posted: 2026-10-30

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Conditions

• Generous paid time off and company holidays

Main duties

• Design, develop, and build systems that integrate software, automation, and biology into a robust and scalable clinical genomics assay platform.
• Work with scientists at the assay prototype stage to ensure that chemistry and laboratory hardware are optimally designed.
• Work closely with internal software development teams to ensure the seamless integration of LIMS with automation software
• Write documentation and SOPs, and train engineers on the development, maintenance, troubleshooting of hardware and software systems.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in California: $181k a year (2,177 listings, 74 employers). This listing is 22% lower.
• Across Natera's 222 open listings, 30% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Natera hires

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