# Senior Automation Engineer (m/f/d)

About us CYTENA is a young and fast-growing high-tech company dedicated to the development of automated, high-precision laboratory instruments for life science research and the pharmaceutical industry. Our award-winning instruments are used in renowned academic and pharmaceutical laboratories worldwide to automate workflows across a wide range of applications, including stable cell line development, single-cell omics, high-throughput screening, and drug discovery. Since 2019, CYTENA has been part of the BICO Group. Our mission is: At CYTENA, we make the development of modern therapies faster, safer, and more affordable. Join CYTENA as a Senior Automation Engineer (m/f/d) and play a key role in developing and advancing our turnkey laboratory automation solutions. In this hands-on engineering role, you will design, develop, integrate, and validate automated laboratory workcells and workflows, combining liquid handling, robotics, software, and life-science applications. You will work closely with interdisciplinary teams across software development, applications, product management, and engineering and contribute to the strategic development of our C.STATION portfolio. This position is

- **Id**: 4250143
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bico-senior-automation-engineer-mfd>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T14:03:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T21:00:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory & Pharmaceutical Robotics, Laboratory Equipment, Regenerative Medicine

## Company

- **Id**: 456052
- **Name**: BICO
- **Domain**: bico.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bico>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no
- **Next-Generation Sequencing** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T14:03:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 51
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T01:48:48Z

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