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