Lab Automation Technician (m/w/d)

Mushlabs; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A biotechnology company in Hamburg is seeking a Lab Automation Technician to join their team. You will develop and optimize automated workflows in bioprocess development, ensuring high-quality experiments and smooth lab operations. Ideal candidates will have experience in aseptic techniques, a degree in a related field, and proficiency in data analysis with programming languages like Python. Join a team committed to innovative and sustainable production, offering benefits such as flexible hours, team events, and personal development opportunities.

Leistungen

Gym Membership

Flexible working hours

Language classes

Dynamic team events

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience working under aseptic conditions in a biotech lab.
• Technical skills and willingness to develop automated methods.
• High motivation to explore new techniques in lab automation.

Aufgaben

• Assist in developing and maintaining automated workflows in the lab.
• Conduct submerged fermentation experiments at microscale.
• Collaborate closely with a diverse, multinational team.

Kenntnisse

Aseptic techniques

Laboratory skills in preparing culture media

Robotic liquid handling

Data analysis with Python or R

Team-oriented mindset

Excellent communication skills in English

Ausbildung

Degree in BTA or related field

Tools

Python

R

C/C++

Jobbeschreibung

Your mission

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivatedLab Automation Technicianto join our dynamic team. As a forward-thinking biotechnology company, we are committed to reshaping the future of sustainable production through scientific excellence, innovation, and operational precision. The Lab Automation Technician will play a pivotal role in supporting our bioprocess development efforts by executing, improving, and automating high-throughput experimental pipelines in our biotechnology laboratory. In this role, you will ensure smooth lab operations, conduct high-quality experiments, and contribute to the advancement of our microbial fermentation workflows.

Your Mission:

• Assist in the development, optimization, implementation, and maintenance of automated workflows in our biotech lab

• Conduct aseptic techniques, prepare culture media, buffers, and solutions

• Perform submerged fermentation experiments at microscale (microtiter plates)

• Analyze fermentation products for composition and biological activity

• Contribute to the maintenance and organization of the cell bank

• Take ownership of project tasks, ensuring high-quality results and adherence to timelines

• Collaborate closely within a diverse, multinational team

Your profile

• Preferred degree: BTA (Biological Technical Assistant) or related field

• Proven experience working under aseptic conditions in a biotech lab, and solid laboratory skills in preparing culture media, solutions, and reagents

• Possessing technical skills and a strong willingness to learn and develop automated methods, including robotic liquid handling, analysis of on-line fermentation data and of plate readers output.

• Prior experience with programming, preferably with Python or R for data science, or with C/C++.

• Team-oriented mindset paired with initiative, reliability, and a practical, hands-on approach

• High motivation to explore new techniques and push the boundaries of what can be achieved through automation and data-driven experimentation in the lab

• Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written); German is a plus

Our Benefits:

• Dynamic and diverse mission-driven team from 20+ different countries

• A fast growing company with opportunities for personal development

• Flexible working hours with entitled Home Office days in an innovative and agile working environment

• Gym Membership, language classes or an attractive alternative from our benefit program

• Flat hierarchies and short decision paths

• Great team events such as “lunch & learn”, “Demo Day”, cultural celebrations and food tastings

• Drinks, cereal bar and fresh fruit at the office, our home products tasting session for new employees

• Lastly, join us in the journey as we change the food system as we know it!