Automation Service Engineer II
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Job Location:
Redwood City, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 97200 - 133650
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Company Description
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012 Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care including screening to find cancer early monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information visitand follow the company onLinkedInX (Twitter)andFacebook.
About the Role:
As the Automation Service Engineer II you are part of a dynamic team that supports our two sites ( RedWood City & Palo Alto) and works on a variety of laboratory equipment including Automated Plasma Isolation (API) track system liquid handlers & sequencers and is responsible for installations maintenance & repairs etc. He/She must be detail oriented have worked in a regulated environment (CLIA CAP and FDA desirable) possess strong documentation skills (GDP) and strong communication skills both written and verbal.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Perform equipment installations maintenance repairs and qualifications to ensure the highest level of instrument reliability and up-time.
Monitor instrument metrics and advocate serviceability within cross-functional teams
Responsible for instrument up-time and ensuring that service documentation meets Guardant Heaths quality management system
Evaluate equipment performance trends to propose long-term solutions as needed.
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and disseminate information by developing SOPs checklists and service bulletins.
Contribute to the management of a maintenance and calibration system.
Help end-users troubleshoot issues
Provide service and support during normal business hours as well as after hours and on weekends as needed.
Effectively communicate with third party service providers.
Qualifications
A BS degree in an engineering or scientific discipline with 2-4 years of relevant work experience.
Experience operating and troubleshooting Hamilton Liquid Handlers Illumina Sequencers Quadprint labelers Bravo platform/heads Multiflos Precise robotic arms Beckman Avanti J-15R centrifuges and other DNA quantification instruments are required.
Experience authoring and executing PM IQ OQ repair and other service-related documentation.
Experience developing and leading training programs to provide knowledge-transfer to other engineers and lab personnel.
Experience working within a CLIA and GMP regulated environment.
Experience standardizing processes for scalability and sustainability.
Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external colleagues and customers from diverse scientific engineering operational and regulatory disciplines.
Liquid Handler programming experience is a plus.
Robotics experience is a plus.
Field service engineering experience is desirable.
Ability to take part in an on-call rotation with after hours and weekend responses as needed.
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong working relationships
High degree of initiative and self-motivation
Drive for continuous improvement
Experience with MS Office
Hybrid Work Model: This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office 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 to sit for extended periods of time.
Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities long-term conditions mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support please reach out to
A background screening including criminal history is required for this role. GH will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories in a manner consistent with applicable law including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To learn more about the information collected when you apply for a position at Guardant Health Inc. and how it is used please review ourPrivacy Notice for Job Applicants.
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Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Automotive software
- Test Cases
- Electrical Engineering
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- Java
- Test Automation
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
About Company
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient cl ... View more
