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, has multi-year experience with different vendors of liquid handling equipment (e.g., Hamilton, Tecan, CyBio, others)
• Has worked in or has lead projects for laboratory automation or equivalent
• ·Experience with business analysis and can develop automation solutions
• IT friendly - profound understanding of software driving automated systems and liquid handling systems (Venus, Evo Ware, Momentum, Cellario, Green Button Go, etc.), databases, script and protocol programming
• You are not afraid to work with scripting or programming languages
• Open communication, self-motivated and self-organized, excellent team working skills and a flexible working perception are important
• ·Languages: English, German, (French is a plus)