Staff Lab Automation Engineer - Hybrid
Staff Lab Automation Engineer - Hybrid
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About the Role:
As a Staff Lab Automation Engineer you will join an innovative group of engineers. Youll help lead projects in all aspects of reagent and assay automation development collaborate on obtaining requirements optimizing automated workflows troubleshooting and validating a final workflow. Youll be able to use and grow your molecular biology and biochemistry knowledge with an eye towards increasing the reliability throughput sustainability and performance of NGS sample processing using advanced liquid handling platforms. You will be working both independently and collaborating with other Automation Engineers and Scientists on a Technology Development team to increase the future capabilities of multiple products.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Laboratory Automation Programming:
- Program test troubleshoot and optimize robotic liquid handling workstations integrated robotic systems
- Build knowledge on hardware and software on multiple types of laboratory automated liquid handlers such as Hamilton STAR Agilent Bravo Lynx among others.
- Program and configure Brooks PreciseFlex robotic arm systems using Guidance Development Environment (nice to have)
Automation Integration:
- Develop and implement communication protocols to facilitate data exchange between laboratory devices and automation software.
- Analyze multiinstrument workflows identify bottlenecks and develop solutions to improve efficiency throughput cost and quality.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Lead meetings deliver presentations and create reports for communicating new product development efforts.
- Prepare documentation for equipment validation and operating procedures and ensure successful lab implementation within a regulated environment.
- Mentor and guide Lab Automation Engineers on technical efforts.
- Take ownership for designing and outlining milestones needed to enable a product or product feature to follow a timeline. Collaborate closely with other development operation and quality teams.
Qualifications :
- BS degree in engineering or science with 810 years of related experience MS with 58 years of related work experience or PhD with 35 years of industry experience.
- Handson experience with operating and programming liquid handling robotics platforms (e.g. Agilent Bravo)
- Experience developing integrated automation systems and workflows.
- Experience working with Brooks PreciseFlex robotic arms (or equivalent).
- Experience developing interfaces between lab automation and Laboratory Information Management (LIMS) databases.
- Experience streamlining workflows developing automated laboratory processes and instrumentation systems from designing concepts to process validation and implementation.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as C# or Python.
- Knowledge and experience in XML and JSON for data exchange.
- Experience with nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) assays and working within regulated environments (IVD LDT etc.) preferred.
- Strong communication and collaborative skills
- Excellent problemsolving and debugging skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team with diverse scientific engineering operational and regulatory disciplines.
Additional Information :
For positions based in Palo Alto CA or Redwood City CA the base salary range for this fulltime position is $140800 to $193600. The range does not include benefits and if applicable bonus commission or equity.
Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including but not limited to jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however there may be exposure to high noise levels fumes and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
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