Laboratory Informatics Lead

Lonza; Slough; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile career & culture

Inclusive workplace

Competitive hourly rate

Job summary

Lonza in Slough is seeking a hands-on professional to connect high-throughput lab instruments and automation platforms to our data systems, supporting critical R&D operations in a fully on-site environment.

You will collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, IT/OT teams, and external vendors to establish reliable interfaces, map data structures, and automate metadata capture across labs. This role emphasizes practical connectivity, robust testing, and scalable documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience with connecting laboratory instruments to data systems.
• Background in automation integration or lab informatics (LIMS/ELN/SDMS).
• Ability to implement REST APIs, SQL, SFTP data transfers.

Responsibilities

• Drive hands-on technical delivery to connect lab instruments and automation platforms to data systems.
• Collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, IT/OT teams, and vendors to establish interfaces.
• Map data structures and reduce manual data entry across R&D labs.
• Configure connections using REST APIs, SQL, SFTP, or middleware patterns.
• Ensure automated capture of metadata like sample/run IDs and timestamps.
• Test integrations end-to-end and troubleshoot network/hardware/software issues.
• Document integration patterns and data mapping protocols for scale-up.

Skills

Lab instrument connectivity

Automation integration

Lab informatics

Tools

REST APIs

SQL

SFTP

SiLA 2

OPC-UA

Job description

Join our High-Throughput & Laboratory Automation CoE team in Slough to build a fully digital laboratory space by directly connecting cutting-edge scientific instruments and automation platforms to our laboratory data platform. This is a 5-day on-site role supporting critical R&D operations in a dynamic laboratory setting.

Fully site‑based roles

This is a fully site-based role. Working together in person supports close, real-time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Competitive hourly rate.

Compensation for this role will be determined by the candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and relevant knowledge.

What you will do:

• Drive hands-on technical delivery to connect high-throughput lab instruments and automation platforms to target data systems.
• Collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, IT/OT teams, and external vendors to establish reliable digital interfaces.
• Assess priority lab equipment, map out data structures, and eliminate manual data entry steps across R&D labs.
• Configure practical connections using REST APIs, SQL, SFTP, file transfers (CSV/XML/JSON), or middleware solution patterns.
• Ensure automated capture of critical metadata including sample IDs, run IDs, method configurations, and timestamps.
• Test integrations end-to-end, resolve interface exceptions, and troubleshoot network, hardware, and software issues.
• Document technical specifications, reusable integration patterns, and data mapping protocols to support future scale-up.

What we are looking for:

• Proven hands-on experience in laboratory instrument connectivity, automation integration, or lab informatics (LIMS, ELN, SDMS).
• Strong technical background across hardware engineering, digital interfaces, networked instruments, and data architecture.
• Demonstrated expertise in integration methods including REST APIs, SQL, SFTP, middleware, or lab standards (e.g., SiLA 2, OPC-UA).
• Solid understanding of scientific data integrity principles (ALCOA+) and user access controls in a regulated laboratory environment.
• Pragmatic communication skills with the ability to translate vendor interface specifications into practical technical setups.
• Experience or familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell is beneficial.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone's ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that's the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.

As Lonza's talent acquisition partner, please note, Randstad is responsible for the engagement and contracting of this contingent role.