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AI Researcher (Agentic AI System Architecture)
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About GenScript
GenScript Biotech Corporation (Stock Code: 1548.HK) is a global biotechnology group. Founded in 2002, GenScript has an established global presence across North America, Europe, the Greater China, and Asia Pacific. GenScript's businesses encompass four major categories based on its leading gene synthesis technology, including operation as a Life Science CRO, enzyme and synthetic biology products, biologics development and manufacturing, and cell therapy.
GenScript is committed to striving towards its vision of being the most reliable biotech company in the world to make humans and nature healthier through biotechnology.
Job Title: AI Researcher (Agentic AI System Architecture)
Location: Piscataway, NJ
The estimated salary range for this role is $85,000 - $145,000 depending on experience.
Responsibilities
Core Research Directions, responsible for one or two of the following areas:
Harness Architecture Design & Implementation
- Research and design Agent execution framework, providing standardized runtime environment for intelligent agents
- Implement tool call orchestration mechanism, supporting unified abstraction for function calling, API integration, and external system interaction
- Build execution sandbox environment to ensure safety and controllability of Agent operations
- Design task decomposition and planning engine, supporting automatic breakdown of complex goals and execution path optimization
- Implement execution state tracking and anomaly recovery mechanisms to ensure reliability of long-running tasks
Memory System Architecture Development
- Design hierarchical memory architecture, covering storage and retrieval mechanisms for working memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
- Research memory compression and summarization techniques, enabling efficient storage of massive interaction history while preserving key information
- Build context-aware memory system, supporting multi-dimensional memory association based on time, task, and user
- Develop memory retrieval augmentation mechanisms, achieving deep integration of RAG and Agent memory
- Explore memory forgetting and update strategies, balancing memory capacity with information timeliness
Multi-Agent Collaboration Architecture
- Research multi-Agent system architecture, design communication protocols and collaboration mechanisms between Agents
- Implement role specialization and task allocation algorithms, supporting orchestration of expert Agents, coordinator Agents, executor Agents, and other roles
- Build consensus achievement and conflict resolution mechanisms to handle decision disagreements among multiple Agents
- Design Agent social behavior norms, simulating communication, negotiation, and feedback patterns in human team collaboration
- Explore emergent behavior and collective intelligence, researching self-organization and adaptive capabilities in multi-Agent systems
General Architecture Capabilities
- Design Agent evaluation and benchmarking system, establishing quantitative capability metrics
- Build Agent behavior interpretability framework, supporting decision process tracing and attribution analysis
- Research Agent safety alignment mechanisms to prevent risks such as unauthorized operations, harmful outputs, and goal drift
- Track cutting-edge Agentic AI research and translate academic achievements into engineering practice
Job Requirements
Basic Qualifications
- Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, or related fields
- 3+ years of AI-related research or development experience, with hands-on experience in Agentic AI and LLM application architecture
- Publications in top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, etc.) are preferred
Technical Skills
Programming & Engineering
- Proficient in Python, familiar with asynchronous programming, concurrency control, and performance optimization
- Familiar with mainstream LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, CrewAI, etc.)
- Experience in large-scale distributed system design and implementation
- Familiar with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
AI Expertise
- Deep understanding of Transformer architecture and large model principles
- Familiar with Prompt Engineering, Function Calling, Tool Use, and related technologies
- Experience in RAG system development, familiar with vector retrieval, text Embedding, re-ranking, and related techniques
- Understanding of reinforcement learning fundamentals; experience with RLHF, DPO, and related methods is a plus
Architecture Design
- Capable of system architecture design, able to independently complete technical solution design for complex modules
- Familiar with design patterns and software engineering best practices
- Good habits in technical documentation writing
Research Capabilities
- Ability to conduct independent technical research, responsible for the entire process from problem definition to solution implementation
- Strong literature reading and summarization skills, able to quickly absorb cutting-edge research achievements
- Capability in technology selection and evaluation, able to make reasonable decisions among multiple solutions
Soft Skills
- Strong passion for AI technology, keeping up with the latest developments in the Agentic AI field
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work efficiently with engineering teams
- Critical thinking ability, capable of objectively evaluating and iteratively optimizing technical solutions
Preferred Qualifications
- Contributions to Agent framework open-source projects (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, LlamaIndex)
- Production-level Agent system deployment experience with 10,000+ daily task processing
- Familiarity with cognitive science and human decision-making theory, able to apply them to Agent architecture design
- Research experience in Embodied AI or robotics
- Familiarity with Graph Neural Networks, Knowledge Graphs, and related project experience
- Entrepreneurial experience or experience building AI products from 0 to 1
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Formic is on a mission to reshape American manufacturing by making automation accessible to every factory. As labor constraints rise, costs increase, and global competition intensifies, automation is no longer optional for manufacturers that want to stay competitive.
We deliver automation through a Robotics-as-a-Service model that combines industrial robotics, proprietary software, and full-service support into a single, integrated solution. By removing the traditional barriers of cost, complexity, and risk, we enable manufacturers to deploy automation quickly and realize measurable gains in throughput, safety, and operational efficiency without large upfront capital investment.
Backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Initialized Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, and Mitsubishi HC Capital North America, Formic is scaling rapidly and building the foundation for a new era of high-performance, Made in America production.
About the team:
The Fleet Operations Team drives uptime and operational performance across Formic’s growing fleet of deployed robotic systems. Working inside live manufacturing environments, the team diagnoses issues, restores production, and continuously improves system reliability at scale. Fleet Operations operates at the intersection of robotics, controls, and real-world factory execution, ensuring Formic’s automation delivers consistent, measurable performance across diverse industrial applications.
About the role:
As a Robotics Field Service Engineer, you are the front line of technical ownership across Formic’s deployed robotic cells. You will diagnose failures, restore systems to production, perform preventative and corrective maintenance, and represent Formic directly within customer facilities.
This is a hands-on, high-accountability role in uptime-critical environments. Success requires strong troubleshooting discipline, calm execution during production interruptions, and structured documentation. Your work directly impacts fleet performance, customer satisfaction, and long-term system reliability.
In this role you will:
- Perform preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance on robotic manufacturing cells
- Respond to remote and on-site escalations, diagnose root causes, and restore systems quickly
- Provide hands-on technical support to customer operators and maintenance teams
- Log service activity, asset updates, and spare part requirements in CMMS systems
- Coordinate field scheduling and support with customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders
- Monitor system performance remotely using Formic dashboards and fleet tools
- Document service work, root cause analysis, and follow-up actions with clarity and precision
- Identify recurring failure patterns and escalate systemic risks for broader improvement
- Build professional, trusted relationships with plant managers and site personnel
- Operate with strict adherence to safety standards, including LOTO and industrial compliance
- Participate in RCA sessions, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Continuously expand technical depth across robotics, controls, networking, and industrial systems
What makes you a great fit:
- 3+ years of hands-on field service experience supporting robotic or industrial automation systems
- Strong troubleshooting skills across electrical, mechanical, PLC, or robotic control systems
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and pneumatic drawings
- Experience using CMMS platforms to track and report maintenance activity
- Comfortable with local travel up to 80% and overnight travel up to 50%
- Clear written and verbal communicator capable of producing structured service documentation
- Demonstrated commitment to safety and disciplined field execution
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with 6-axis robot brands such as Fanuc, KUKA, Yaskawa, ABB, or Universal Robots
- Familiarity with palletizing, case packing, pick-and-place, or conveyor systems
- Experience in food, beverage, packaging, CPG, or other high-speed manufacturing environments
- Prior customer-facing field experience
- Spanish language proficiency
Our Total Rewards:
At Formic, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported both professionally and personally. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits and perks package for full-time, U.S.-based team members, including:
- Equity in Formic: Participate in our stock option program and share in the success of a fast-growing start-up backed by leading global investors
- Competitive & Uncapped Commission Structure: Designed to reward performance and impact in commission-eligible roles
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield and Unum, with 99% of employee premiums covered and 75% coverage for dependents, with optional buy-up plans available
- Additional Insurance Benefits: FSA and DCFSA, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability through Unum, all 100% employer-paid
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Fully funded by Formic, offering support when you need it most
- Paid Parental Leave Program: Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Company-sponsored 401(k): Invest in your future with our company-facilitated retirement savings plan
- Home Office Stipend: A one-time allowance for fully remote and hybrid employees to support an at-home or on-the-road work setup
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement: Monthly stipend toward personal phone and internet expenses
- Paid Time Off: Take the time you need, when you need it. 15 days of paid time off, in addition to company holidays
Compensation Philosophy
Formic’s pay and equity packages are thoughtfully benchmarked against peer companies at a similar growth stage. Equity represents a meaningful part of our mutual investment: when Formic succeeds, so do you.
This role is paid hourly with a posted range of $29–$44 per hour. Based on the nature of field service work - which consistently runs approximately 50+ hours per week including travel, site activity, and documentation - total annualized earnings typically range from $83,000 - $126,000, depending on experience, hourly rate, and actual hours worked. Overtime is paid in accordance with applicable federal and state law for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
What we look for:
We’re building this company from the ground up, and every person we hire has an outsized impact on our culture, performance, and trajectory. While each team member brings unique strengths and perspectives, we look for people who align with our Operating Principles and embody them in action. If this sounds like you, Formic may be the right place for you!
- Fearless Optimism: You make bold bets and default optimistic. You believe in the mission, aren’t paralyzed by risk, and fear inaction more than failure. You see ambiguity as opportunity and bring energy to building what doesn’t yet exist.
- Create the Magic: You absorb complexity so customers don’t have to. Whether your customer is external or internal, you focus on delivering experiences that are clear, fast, value-added, and outcome-driven. You don’t say “not my job.” You make things work.
- Today, Not Tomorrow: You have a bias to action. You close the loop. You take extreme ownership. You understand that speed compounds, and you don’t confuse activity with results.
- Seek Truth: You think from first principles. You value data over ego and strong opinions loosely held. You’re willing to challenge assumptions, including your own, in pursuit of the best answer.
- Made of Rubber: You are resolute and adaptable. When things break or priorities shift, you rebound stronger. You treat setbacks as learning moments and move forward with grit.
- One Formic: You operate without silos. You practice radical helpfulness, document clearly, and make clean handoffs. You assume positive intent and prioritize team success over individual credit.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
Formic is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements. If you require further accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility of our roles, please reach out to careers@formic.co.
AI Use:
At Formic, fairness and transparency are at the heart of our hiring process. We use AI-powered tools in some interviews to help our teams evaluate candidate responses, but all final hiring decisions are made by humans. You can learn more about how AI is used in our recruitment process by reviewing our AI Hiring Disclosure linked here.
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Customer Project Manager - Manufacturing Automation
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Who we are:
Formic is on a mission to reshape American manufacturing by making automation accessible to every factory. As labor constraints rise, costs increase, and global competition intensifies, automation is no longer optional for manufacturers that want to stay competitive.
We deliver automation through a Robotics-as-a-Service model that combines industrial robotics, proprietary software, and full-service support into a single, integrated solution. By removing the traditional barriers of cost, complexity, and risk, we enable manufacturers to deploy automation quickly and realize measurable gains in throughput, safety, and operational efficiency without large upfront capital investment.
Backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Initialized Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, and Mitsubishi HC Capital North America, Formic is scaling rapidly and building the foundation for a new era of high-performance, Made in America production.
About the Go-To-Market Team
The Go-To-Market Team is responsible for ensuring customers realize measurable value from the automation we deploy. From pre-deployment coordination through onboarding and long-term engagement, the team drives adoption, strengthens relationships, and ensures customers achieve meaningful operational outcomes.
Customer Operations serves as the connective tissue between customers and internal teams, ensuring expectations are clear, communication is proactive, and execution is coordinated. The team also captures customer feedback and insights to continuously improve the product, delivery experience, and long-term customer outcomes.
About the role:
As a Customer Operations Project Manager, you will own the customer relationship from pre-deployment through long-term engagement, ensuring a seamless experience and sustained value realization. You will serve as the central point of contact for customer coordination, orchestrating internal teams, documentation, and communication to ensure onboarding and ongoing engagement are proactive, clear, and consistent.
Success in this role requires strong operational discipline, the ability to anticipate risk, and a customer-advocacy mindset that surfaces feedback internally, improves the customer experience, and identifies opportunities to expand customer impact over time.
In this role you will:
- Own the customer relationship from pre-deployment through long-term engagement
- Serve as the primary point of contact for customer communication and non-technical coordination
- Drive successful onboarding by ensuring timelines, documentation, and internal handoffs are executed effectively
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Fleet Operations, and Engineering to align customer expectations and delivery execution
- Monitor customer health, engagement, and risk signals and take proactive action when issues arise
- Manage customer communications during key milestones, changes, and escalations to maintain trust and clarity
- Identify opportunities to expand customer impact by understanding operational goals and usage patterns
- Partner with Sales to support expansion opportunities through strong relationships and customer insight
- Capture and elevate the voice of the customer to inform product, process, and experience improvements
- Maintain accurate documentation and internal visibility into customer status, risks, and next steps
What makes you a great fit:
- 3–7+ years of experience in customer success, account management, client services, or customer-facing program management
- Proven ability to manage complex customer relationships and drive outcomes through cross-functional coordination
- Strong operational discipline, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Experience working with industrial, manufacturing, hardware, robotics, or operationally complex customers preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence in customer-facing conversations
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving processes in a fast-growth environment
- Strong judgment and calm execution during escalations, shifting priorities, and time-sensitive customer needs
- Ability to identify expansion opportunities through strong relationships, customer insight, and operational outcomes
- Proficiency with CRM and customer workflow tools such as Salesforce, ticketing systems, or project tracking platforms
Our Total Rewards:
At Formic, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported both professionally and personally. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits and perks package for full-time, U.S.-based team members, including:
- Equity in Formic: Participate in our stock option program and share in the success of a fast-growing start-up backed by leading global investors
- Competitive & Uncapped Commission Structure: Designed to reward performance and impact in commission-eligible roles
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield and Unum, with 99% of employee premiums covered and 75% coverage for dependents, with optional buy-up plans available
- Additional Insurance Benefits: FSA and DCFSA, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability through Unum, all 100% employer-paid
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Fully funded by Formic, offering support when you need it most
- Paid Parental Leave Program: Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Company-sponsored 401(k): Invest in your future with our company-facilitated retirement savings plan
- Home Office Stipend: A one-time allowance for fully remote and hybrid employees to support an at-home or on-the-road work setup
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement: Monthly stipend toward personal phone and internet expenses
- Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need, when you need it, supported by our flexible PTO policy
Compensation Philosophy
Formic’s pay and equity packages are thoughtfully benchmarked against peer companies at a similar growth stage. Equity represents a meaningful part of our mutual investment: when Formic succeeds, so do you.
Final offers are customized based on experience, geographic location, market considerations, and a candidate’s preferred balance of cash and equity. Our goal is to attract and reward top talent who will have significant impact, and we are open to thoughtful discussions to align on the right structure.
What we look for:
We’re building this company from the ground up, and every person we hire has an outsized impact on our culture, performance, and trajectory. While each team member brings unique strengths and perspectives, we look for people who align with our Operating Principles and embody them in action. If this sounds like you, Formic may be the right place for you!
- Fearless Optimism: You make bold bets and default optimistic. You believe in the mission, aren’t paralyzed by risk, and fear inaction more than failure. You see ambiguity as opportunity and bring energy to building what doesn’t yet exist.
- Create the Magic: You absorb complexity so customers don’t have to. Whether your customer is external or internal, you focus on delivering experiences that are clear, fast, value-added, and outcome-driven. You don’t say “not my job.” You make things work.
- Today, Not Tomorrow: You have a bias to action. You close the loop. You take extreme ownership. You understand that speed compounds, and you don’t confuse activity with results.
- Seek Truth: You think from first principles. You value data over ego and strong opinions loosely held. You’re willing to challenge assumptions, including your own, in pursuit of the best answer.
- Made of Rubber: You are resolute and adaptable. When things break or priorities shift, you rebound stronger. You treat setbacks as learning moments and move forward with grit.
- One Formic: You operate without silos. You practice radical helpfulness, document clearly, and make clean handoffs. You assume positive intent and prioritize team success over individual credit.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
Formic is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements. If you require further accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility of our roles, please reach out to careers@formic.co.
AI Use:
At Formic, fairness and transparency are at the heart of our hiring process. We use AI-powered tools in some interviews to help our teams evaluate candidate responses, but all final hiring decisions are made by humans. You can learn more about how AI is used in our recruitment process by reviewing our AI Hiring Disclosure linked here.
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Apply to Formic