Scientist, Laboratory Automation
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At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for more at
Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical DevelopmentJob Sub Function:
Biotherapeutics R&DJob Category:
Scientific/TechnologyAll Job Posting Locations:
Malvern Pennsylvania United States of AmericaJob Description:
About Innovative Medicine:
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a Scientist Laboratory Automation to be in Malvern PA.
Purpose:
The Biotherapeutics Development & Supply (BTDS) organization is responsible for the development clinical supply marketed product support and life cycle management of Biotherapeutics. Within BTDS the Analytical Development (AD) group supports method development and validation as well as product development release and stability analytics via automated workflows.
The Laboratory Automation & Robotics team is recruiting for a Laboratory Automation Scientist to collaborate in migrating analytical assays from manual processes to end-to-end fully automated this role you will collaborate with Method Development Assay Automation Integrations Orchestration Information Technology Data Science and Operations to increase sample testing volume while reducing time-to-result hands-on time repetitive strain and assay variability. The primary scientific areas of focus will be therapeutic antibodies and cell and gene therapies automating analytical workflows such as antigen binding cell-based bioassays chromatography flow cytometry mass spectrometry and molecular biology.
You will be responsible for:
- Collaborating within a cross-functional team to design develop and deploy end-to-end laboratory automation
- Creating optimizing maintaining and continuously improving high-throughput workflows using liquid-handling robots and integrated automation workcells
- Expanding the scope of existing automation by introducing new functionalities
- Evaluating novel devices/instruments/technologies for the enhancement of laboratory processes
- Troubleshooting laboratory automation by liaising with internal subject matter experts and external vendors to perform root cause analysis based on thorough scientific and technical investigations
- Sharing knowledge and documenting best practices within the automation team and supporting and training end-users to independently execute automated workflows
- Partnering with Information Technology and Data Science teams to automate data flows to ensure data integrity through capture in appropriate electronic systems and high-throughput processing via review by exception
Qualifications / Requirements:
Education:
- M.S. or B.S. in Biology Chemistry Computer Science Engineering Physics or equivalent is required
Required:
- a minimum 3 years of laboratory automation experience is required
- Experience operating maintaining developing and optimizing in one or both of the following domains:
- Liquid-handling robots from Hamilton Tecan Beckman Coulter Dynamic Devices Agilent PerkinElmer etc.
- Integrated automation workcells using scheduling software such as Biosero Green Button Go HighRes Biosolutions Cellario or Thermo Scientific Momentum
- Experience implementing automated laboratory workflows within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries
- Experience migrating biological or biochemical assays/methods onto automated systems
- Ability to gather understand and assign priorities to user requirements for complicated laboratory workflows and to translate them into robust automated solutions
- Strong organizational time management and interpersonal skills (both written and oral) and a commitment in close collaboration with scientists vendors and end users across seniority levels
Preferred:
- Experience working in a regulated environment (e.g. CLIA GLP GMP GxP)
- Experience with programming languages such as C# Python and Visual Basic
- Experience with analytical assay/method development
- Experience with automated sample management systems from Azenta Askion and/or Hamilton
- Experience with instrument API calls
- Experience with 3D printing and rapid prototyping
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
