Automation Engineer

Syngenta Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company located in Singapore seeks a talented individual to support lab automation in the Genotyping Lab. Responsibilities include performing maintenance and troubleshooting of high-throughput lab equipment while ensuring quality and safety standards. The role requires a B.S. degree in Engineering or a related scientific field and 1-3 years of relevant experience. Strong communication skills and the ability to manage vendor relationships are essential. This full-time position does not offer remote work.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in lab automation.
• Knowledge of laboratory automation hardware and software platforms.
• Experience with troubleshooting high throughput lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform troubleshooting and maintenance of lab equipment.
• Build relationships with lab users and manage expectations.
• Run validation tests to ensure throughput and quality of data.

Skills

Continuous Integration

APIs

Automotive software

Electrical Engineering

Programmable Logic Controllers

Test Automation

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering or Biology, Biochemistry, or Biotechnology

Tools

Automation robotics

Liquid handling systems

Job description

The Genotyping lab is responsible for generating and analyzing a large volume of DNA marker data on all crops supported in the respective lab as well as effectively communicating data to scientists throughout the Syngenta organization. The purpose of this role is to support Syngenta genotyping activities through laboratory Automation support such as:

• Perform troubleshooting routine preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance of high-throughput lab equipment.
• Manage Automation activities by following Genotyping Stewardship Quality and HSE&S policies and procedures.
• Partner with team members and external vendors; both locally and internationally to perform the above.
• Perform administrative duties such as updating internal service tickets and creating documentation for safe work procedures.
• Maintain good communication with lab users and manage users expectations.
• Provide training and advise lab users on proper use of equipment.
• Participate in local-led and global automation projects which involves some night meetings.

Accountabilities

• Take charge of the support maintenance troubleshooting and repair laboratory automation equipment in a high throughput laboratory environment.
• Build good relationships with lab users and be accountable for keeping the lab operations running.
• Be responsible for the purchase of lab equipment, from sourcing to ensuring smooth commissioning and implementation.
• Participate in HSE initiatives for ensuring workplace safety such as risk assessments and inspections.
• Run validation tests to ensure throughput and quality of data, conduct experiments and tests to develop automation assisted laboratory processes and provide successful solutions to process bottlenecks.
• Develop and compose written process protocols to be used by the genotyping laboratory.
• Documentation and reporting of exploratory validation implementation and integration results via oral or written updates to peers and supervisors.
• Provide maintenance and troubleshooting support for automation assisted laboratory processes in daily genotyping lab operations.
• Perform all tasks and behave in a manner compliant with and in support of all safety related company policies and practices, including completing all required company training courses and attending local safety meetings.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering or Biology, Biochemistry, or Biotechnology or related scientific field with 1-3 years of experience in lab automation.
• Knowledge of laboratory automation hardware and software platforms.
• A working knowledge of automation robotics and liquid handling troubleshooting and repair.
• Experience with servicing and troubleshooting high throughput lab equipment is preferred.
• Good understanding of LEAN systems, Poka-Yoke, and quality in a production environment.
• Experience in managing lab operators' expectations and needs.
• Experience in managing external vendors and scheduling on-site activities.
• Experience in programming liquid handlers, bulk liquid dispensers, PLCs, and co-bots is an advantage.
• A good understanding of Health and Safety principles such as electrical safety is an advantage.

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full-time

Key Skills

• Continuous Integration
• APIs
• Automotive software
• Test Cases
• Electrical Engineering
• Junit
• Distributed Control Systems
• Testng
• Java
• Test Automation
• Programmable Logic Controllers
• Selenium

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1