Description
An exciting opportunity is available for an Automation Scientist to join a growing start-up. With state-of-the-art facilities and a robust pipeline of upcoming projects, this role offers the chance to contribute to innovative research and development.
Responsibilities:
As a Scientist in the Automation Team, you will:
- Work as part of a dedicated Automation team to plan automated methods and workflows and develop programming best practises (total team of three)
- Work cross-functionally with teams across the company to plan automated methods and workflows based on their manual lab processes
- Program and troubleshoot automated methods, workflows and equipment
- Author controlled documentation and provide training to members of other teams on methods you’ve developed
- Communicate regularly in group meetings and present to project teams and internal stakeholders
Experience Required:
Essential Experience:
- BSc or MSc in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or related field. Candidates with a BSc or MSc in engineering would be considered if they have relevant experience in a life sciences related role.
- Three or more years of experience in industry or academia, in laboratory automation
- Programming and method development of liquid handling robots, ideally Hamilton STAR series liquid handlers
- Developing automated methods for cell culture workflows
- Troubleshooting and maintenance of automated workflows and equipment
- Use of a general-purpose programming language for solving problems or aiding automated workflows, e.g. Python or another programming language
- Strong organisational and communication skills to manage own project timelines and work cross-functionally with other departments in the business
Desirable Experience:
- Providing training in automated methods
- Writing SOPs (standard operating procedures) and training documents to a high standard
- Automation of plate readers and incubators as part of integrated workflows
- LIMS systems, such as Benchling - and associated with this, sample tracking and management through databases e.g. SQL
- Use of software version control, e.g. Git
£Competitive
Benefits include:
Bonus
25 days holiday + Banks
- Private Health (Vitality)
- Competitive pension
- Company Events
- Catered facilities
