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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