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Summary
Entwicklung und Wartung von Automatisierungshardware, -software und -prozessen, die diese Geräte verwenden, um komplexe Experimente durchzuführen, die mit herkömmlichen Labortechniken nicht durchgeführt werden können. Führt Programmierung und Analyse für Robotik durch. Bietet Unterstützung für High-Through-Put Compound Screening und andere Assay-Techniken, wie entwickelt und benötigt. Unterstützt, entwickelt und initiiert die Automatisierung wissenschaftlicher Prozesse und Programme. Kann System und Prozesse validieren.
About The Role
Your responsibilities:
Provide technical support on laboratory automation systems in close alignment with the local operators.
Analyze processes, software and hardware issues and identify root causes of malfunctions, seek advice from vendors or experienced co-workers when required and conduct repairs in alignment with team or vendors where applicable.
Set up and manage vendor onsite interventions and preventative maintenances.
Pursue open issues with vendors until resolved in timely manner.
Establish, monitor and maintain a stable and productive automation environment through QC, preventative maintenance and excellent documentation.
Plan, manage and execute automation projects from new devices, over upgrades to existing systems up to complex installations, in alignment with the local and the globally distributed team.
Assist business with requirements engineering across functional units (Compound Management, IT).
Assist business owners with business analysis and documentation in the specifying and planning of complex workflows and their automated execution.
Assist business owners in the selection of adequate automation hardware (liquid handling and peripheral devices).
Actively seek input and feedback from the Compound Management team members to identify gaps in processes or with existing automation platforms to elaborate and propose improvements.
Communicate transparently on all aspects of the daily work.
Requirements
Degree qualified or equivalent in a relevant discipline with + 5 years’ experience in automation, ideally lab automation.
Deep understanding of liquid handling principles and technologies, with multi-year experience with different vendors of liquid handling equipment (e.g., Hamilton, Tecan, CyBio, others).
Experience in or leading projects for laboratory automation or equivalent.
Experience with business analysis and automation solution development.
IT proficiency - profound understanding of software driving automated systems and liquid handling systems (Venus, Evo Ware, Momentum, Cellario, Green Button Go, etc.), databases, scripting, and protocol programming.
Comfort working with scripting or programming languages.
Open communication, self-motivated, self-organized, with excellent team skills and flexibility.
Languages: English, German, (French is a plus).
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