Automation Engineer III

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

We seek a Automation Engineer III to maintain and optimize our technology infrastructure. Youll work with advanced systems and contribute to our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. This position offers opportunities to work with enterprise-level systems implement innovative solutions and drive continuous improvement across our infrastructure.

Youll design implement and maintain critical infrastructure systems develop automation solutions and ensure high availability of services. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust technical solutions while maintaining security and compliance standards. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic thinking to support our organizations lights out transformation initiatives.

REQUIREMENTS:

Key Qualifications:

• Evaluate and test new Automation technologies including experience with laboratory automation robotics liquid handlers optical readers labelers and cappers and standard laboratory devices across various applications.

• Proficiency in VBScript and Python languages.

• Conduct hardware integration and end-to-end testing.

• Draft detailed requirements and collaborate with vendor automation houses on proposals for custom automation.

• Lead mechanical projects with cross-functional teams through integration into manufacturing.

• Be able to learn and develop manufacturing fluidic methods using platforms such as Hamilton Tecan Beckman Agilent and similar liquid handling systems.

• Assess liquid handling/hardware to integrate off-the-shelf and custom instrumentation into manufacturing/quality control processes.

• Provide technical guidance for filling automation applications within cross-functional teams.

• Create test plans with clearly stated requirements and specifications.

• Analyze data and effectively communicate results within a team environment.

Education:

• Bachelors degree or higher in a science or engineering-related field

Experience:

• Preferred 3 years of experience in developing custom automation and fluidic methods on Hamilton/Tecan/Bravo systems.

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Strong mechanical design skills coupled with process engineering knowledge.

• Proficiency in VBScript/C/C/Python languages.

• Competence in Mechanical Design software (Autocad SolidWorks etc.).

• Experience in fluidic principles and testing methodologies for fluidics.

• Experience with Hamilton Beckman and Tecan Liquid Handlers is desirable.

• Database experience is a plus.

• Strong bench skills and experimental design capabilities are required.