Electrical Technician

About Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs is building an autonomous laboratory for high-throughput materials discovery. Our work combines advanced chemistry, robotics, automation, AI, and materials science to accelerate scientific discovery while maintaining high standards of environmental, health, and process safety.

We are seeking a hands-on electrical technician who enjoys working with instrumentation, electro-/mechanical systems, and characterization tools - someone who values attention to detail, documentation, and a dynamic lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical, instrumentation, and controls technician support to engineers and scientific staff

• Assist with integrating custom electrical equipment and fixtures, electrical enclosures, and instrumentation/hardware with engineer-provided concepts, sketches, and verbal direction

• Perform basic electrical calculations using standard engineering formulas

• Interpret electrical drawings and other technical information

• Maintain systems documentation, bill-of-materials, and drawings to keep documentation current, visible, and traceable

• Incorporate redlines and design changes from engineers

Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• Prior experience as a qualified electrical worker for 208V or above

• Hands‑on instrumentation & controls experience, including low-voltage (24VDC) wiring and controls enclosure fabrication

• Experience with field wiring and panel wiring

• Familiarity with electrical schematics

• Experience with Lock-Out-Tag-Out (LOTO) safety practices and procedures

• Good documentation skills, ability to follow protocols, and write clear notes/task summaries

• Flexibility and ability to adapt to evolving processes and workflows typical of a startup/ research‑oriented lab

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in wiring and integrating mass flow controllers (MFCs), pressure transducers, solenoid valves, thermocouples, and various control instrumentation and hardware

• Comfort with physically wiring various digital and analog input/output devices, lab instrumentation, and controls fieldbuses (e.g., EtherCAT, RS-232/-485, Modbus)

• Experience selecting appropriate electrical supplies, wire/cable, enclosure components (e.g., relays, circuit breakers, terminal blocks)