Senior Engineer - Automation ( Pharmaceutical Research).

Novartis Farmacéutica; Basel-Stadt; Vor Ort; CHF 80’000 - 120’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Engineer in Automation to enhance laboratory efficiency through innovative automation solutions. You will be at the forefront of optimizing processes and ensuring smooth operations of laboratory automation systems. Collaborating with a dynamic team, you will tackle complex challenges, develop automation solutions, and contribute to groundbreaking projects that significantly impact patient care. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about leveraging technology to improve lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a meaningful difference.

Qualifikationen

• Degree qualified with 5+ years of experience in automation, ideally lab automation.
• Deep understanding of liquid handling technologies and experience with various vendors.

Aufgaben

• Provide technical support on laboratory automation systems and analyze software/hardware issues.
• Plan and execute automation projects, manage vendor interventions, and maintain documentation.

Kenntnisse

Automation

Liquid Handling Principles

Business Analysis

Scripting and Programming

Communication Skills

Ausbildung

Degree in relevant discipline

Tools

Venus

Evo Ware

Momentum

Cellario

Green Button Go

Liquid Handling Equipment (Hamilton, Tecan, CyBio)

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Engineer - Automation (Pharmaceutical Research)

Job ID: REQ-10045608

Date: Apr 15, 2025

Summary

About the Role

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 maintenance.
• Pursue open issues with vendors until resolved in a 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 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 led 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).

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?