Sr. Laboratory Application SpecialistAutomation
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
Laboratory Setting OfficeJob Description
Senior Laboratory Application Specialist/Automation
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Discover impactful work innovative thinking and a culture dedicated to working the right way for the right reasons - with the customer always top of mind. The work we do matters like helping customers find cures for cancer and protecting the environment.
Location Information:
This is a customer site-based role that supports our Lab Automation group with headquarters in Burlington Ontario. Our team develops manufactures and installs robotic solutions globally accelerating drug discovery synthetic biology research and clinical testing for major pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers.
Learn more about Laboratory Automation on our website you will make an impact:
This role will support the implementation and client support of custom automated laboratory systems. As a key on-site representative of Thermo Fisher Scientific your knowledge of our products will optimize their scientific results and help them maintain uninterrupted operations. Your insight will also support our products and services through finding opportunities for enriching our customers experience.
What you will contribute:
Team Collaboration
- Act as the primary onsite point of contact for clients during installation training and ongoing support.
- Lead discussions and provide customers with solutions & recommendations to achieve their goals
- Work closely with the clients automation group and scientists on feedback and lessons learned sharing them with internal teams to drive and implement continuous improvements.
- Collaborate with engineering and applications teams to implement technical improvements and address hardware and software automation issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate customers scientific requirements to develop & implement automated workflows using our Momentum scheduling software
- Serve as the technical lead in defining data-handling requirements and configuring systems to interact with the customers Lab Information Management System (LIMS) as needed.
- Maintaining uptime and providing technical assistance to ensure continuous operation of Thermo Fisher manufactured products including the tracking of quality and response-time metrics
- Support customer support issues internally for various automation platforms
- Coordinating and performing software upgrades and system re-qualification processes
- Lead discussions with 3rd party instrument vendors in relation to integration and/or software issues
How will you get there
Education:
- Bachelors degree preferred preferably in science (Biology Chemistry Computer) Engineering or related field
Experience:
- 8 years minimum relevant industry experience in science software or lab automation
- 5 years in a role directly collaborating with customers
- Experience in Pharma or Biotech industries working with laboratory instrumentation preferred
Knowledge & Skills:
- Software problem-solving techniques and ability to troubleshoot electro-mechanical devices
- Analytical skills to identify complexities and address appropriate solutions
- Proficiency with programming languages (C Python or other)
- Familiarity with IQ/OQ validation or GxP requirements is considered an asset
- Valid Passport
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time internationally without restrictions
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Controlling Experience
- Distributed Control Systems
- Pardot
- Crystal Reports
- Marketing Automation
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Warehouse Management
- HubSpot
- Responsys
- Email Marketing
- Leadership Experience
- Programmable Logic Controllers
About Company
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