Lead Automation Engineer

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Type: Full time, direct hire

Industry: #Biotechnology  #LaboratoryAutomation

Why we need you 

This young life sciences company is at the forefront of leveraging integrated biotechnology systems, including  data science, high throughput liquid handling robots, software and hardware engineering, and process engineering for a noble cause- fighting cancer, and finding better ways to use existing drugs or combinations of drugs.  As an experienced Automation Engineer, you likely have a formal background in computer science with significant experience in direct laboratory automation who has the pushed boundaries of science and technology to create robotics powered laboratories for drug discovery or diagnostic platforms. 

You are a person looking for a lead role, who has the knowledge and experience to guide and mentor others who has designed and built complex next-generation diagnostic platforms in the life sciences industry. 

You will be:

Building as well and improving existing systems 

Overseeing cross-functional projects

Playing a big part of oversight of work done by others

Experience required 

5+ years of lab automation experience including scheduling software programming like Green Button Go, Momentum or Cellario.

5+ years of programming experience using something like Python, C# or Java

Prefer experience in a regulated environment such as CLIA, CAP or FDA

A relevant educational degree in Computer Science or Life Sciences combined with formal technology/software development training.