Laboratory Operations Analyst II, Automation Engineer R&D Therapeutics Discovery

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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 Laboratory Operations Analyst II Automation Engineer to be located in Spring House PA.

Purpose: This position is part of the global Discovery Product Development & Supply (DPDS) Operations Team responsible for operations within the Therapeutic Discovery (TD) and Preclinical Safety and Translational Sciences (PSTS) organizations. The Lab Operations team in DPDS Operations looks after the lab workspace and equipment to enable the scientists to focus on their science using a knowledge of project management drug discovery instrumentation and automation and process excellence to evaluate develop and deliver drug discovery laboratory processes and infrastructure.

The candidate will work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and collaborate with internal and external partners - such as IT Safety Engineering Facility Management - thus ensuring flawless execution of all projects and processes connected to the lab workspace and automation in particular. The function requires a hands-on mentality and the ability to work autonomously for longer term activities independently adapting to project developments and proposing next steps.

This role focuses on the configuration of laboratory instruments and the implementation of automated scientific workflows. You will support laboratory automation across discovery fields reduce manual data entry and human intervention between instruments and addition you will contribute to event-driven architectures and automated data quality control and validation with ubiquitous tracking of completeness consistency validity and accuracy over time.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing automated lab instrumentation and workflows that span hardware software and data layers liaising with fellow team/project members scientists IT and automation engineers and following procedures priorities and timelines.
  
• Maintaining computer and automation systems including system upgrades and issue resolution.
  
• Supporting the development of event-driven data pipelines that respond to instrument events runs and results.
  
• Safeguarding a steady and ongoing relationship with scientific and IT staff for efficient operation improved automation and workflow process improvements.
  
• Translating and scripting R&D processes on automated platforms.
  
• Reviewing authoring and updating department policy/procedures as required.
  
• Observing and applying general laboratory safety standards.
  

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Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Life Sciences or a closely related field with at least 9 years of experience OR a Masters degree with 6 years of experience is required.
  

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Required:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in automation operation and platform management is required.
  
• 3 years of experience in the biological medical device or pharmaceutical field is required.
  
• Proven track record with advanced automation platforms in laboratory or research environments; familiarity with laboratory instrumentation and analytical techniques is required.
  
• Systems & Integration: Broad experience with robotics LIMS/ELN data management systems and end-to-end system integration (scheduling software APIs middleware data exchange) is required.
  
• Experience in/understanding of basic concepts in a biological and or chemical laboratory is required as well as a background in and keen interest in biological and chemical R&D processes.
  
• Must have a solid understanding of Machine Safety and compliance requirements.
  
• Strong interpersonal communication skills effective organization communication and customer service skills are required.
  
• Strategic and critical thinking prioritization and ability to implement on those strategies is required.
  

Preferred:

• Proven project management success and change management experience is highly preferred.
  
• Solid working knowledge of laboratory or highly controlled facilities operations information systems instrumentation automation safety and compliance are highly preferred.
  
• Knowledge of LIMS/ELN systems data visualization and analytics toolsets; experience with programming languages and scripting for automation is preferred.
  
• Cloud and data: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure) and data orchestration/workflow tooling is preferred.
  
• Data governance: Strong understanding of data integrity lineage security frameworks and scalable data architectures is preferred.
  

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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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