Hello, I'm Eloy Salinas
I'm a Senior Lab Automation Engineer at the Institute for Protein Innovation, passionate about designing and maintaining integrated robotic systems.
View My WorkI'm a Senior Lab Automation Engineer at the Institute for Protein Innovation, passionate about designing and maintaining integrated robotic systems.
View My WorkAs a Senior Lab Automation Engineer at the Institute for Protein Innovation, and with a Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering from UC Santa Cruz, I have a strong background in designing, onboarding, and maintaining integrated systems. My experience spans developing methods for various lab automation platforms and prototyping custom robotic solutions.
I thrive on consulting the feasibility of automating assays and coding scripts to connect lab instruments to LIMS, enabling automatic data visualization. My previous roles involved designing real-time software and hardware control applications for field robots, integrating robots into customer applications, and significantly improving testing efficiency through automation.
With a foundation in equipment engineering, including PLC programming and hardware design, and software engineering focusing on GUI development and legacy system upgrades, I bring a comprehensive skill set to tackle complex automation challenges.
Institute for Protein Innovation (Nov 2024 - Present)
Leading lab automation efforts, focusing on innovative protein research and development through advanced robotic systems and process optimization.
Generate: Biomedicines (June 2022 - Oct 2024)
Designed and maintained integrated systems, developed methods for Hamilton, Biomek, Lynx, & Tecan. Prototyped custom robotic solutions and connected instruments to LIMS.
Kawasaki Robotics (Feb 2018 - May 2022)
Designed real-time software/hardware for 100+ field robots. Wrote Python libraries for robot communication and implemented automated testing tools, reducing test times significantly.
Seagate Technology (Feb 2016 - Feb 2018)
Equipment engineering with PLC programming, circuit design, C GUI mods. Process engineering reducing costs. Software engineering upgrading legacy tools with C#.