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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Laboratory Automation Engineer

Bioprocess & BiomanufacturingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRegensburg, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in engineering, biotechnology, medical technology, or a comparable field is required.
  • Several years of practical experience creating scripts for laboratory automation and liquid-handling robots are required.
  • Experience building and commissioning laboratory automation solutions is required.
  • A strong technical understanding is required, including the ability to adapt and optimize commercially available solutions through rapid prototyping in close collaboration with mechanical and electrical engineers.
  • An analytical and creative approach to problem-solving and high self-motivation are required.
  • Very good German and English skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office are required.

Responsibilities

  • Transfer manual laboratory processes to semi-automated or automated platforms and develop, optimize, and implement new automated workflows.
  • Create technical process documentation, define robust processes, and apply lean methods to ensure efficient process and material flows for subsequent transfer to production.
  • Develop automated processes based on manual workflows.
  • Plan and conduct experiments to build models and derive optimal process parameters.
  • Compare, select, and commission laboratory automation solutions.
  • Document and present results and technical design reviews.
  • Configure and program laboratory automation solutions and troubleshoot them.
  • Oversee processes from feasibility study through to a verified and validated production system.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional team members.
  • Monitor and evaluate new technologies and trends in laboratory automation.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Tecan Fluent liquid handlers.
  • Experience with Thermo Fisher Momentum software.
  • Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, C#, R, Visual Basic, or programmable logic controller languages.
  • Experience with design of experiments.
  • Project management experience.
  • Knowledge of lean process and manufacturing design.
  • Basic knowledge of common molecular biology methods, including DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction, cloning, and sequencing, and cell biology procedures such as cell culture.

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Founded
1956

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