Associate Laboratory Automation Scientist

Scorpion Therapeutics; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Associate Laboratory Automation Scientist to support automated workflows in therapeutic discovery. You will configure, operate, troubleshoot, and improve automation systems like liquid handlers and plate readers, while assisting in sample and reagent setup and documenting results across protein, molecular, NGS, and biochemical workflows.

You will ensure data traceability, sample integrity, and safety compliance, and contribute to automation standards, validations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, biochemistry, engineering, or related field is required.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience with automated lab equipment and data management.
• Ability to capture metadata and ensure sample handling and assay execution quality.

Responsibilities

• Configure, operate, troubleshoot, and improve automation systems such as liquid handlers and plate readers.
• Support setup of samples, reagents, and documentation for assays across multiple workflows.
• Assist in assay execution and ensure data traceability and sample integrity.
• Contribute to automation standards, validations, and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Laboratory automation

Data management

Documentation

Collaborative skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Hamilton

Tecan

Beckman

Job description

Role

Associate Laboratory Automation Scientist supporting scientific execution of automated workflows in therapeutic discovery.

Responsibilities

configure, operate, troubleshoot, and improve automation systems such as liquid handlers, plate readers, and labware; support setup of samples, reagents, and documentation; assist in assay execution across protein, molecular, NGS, and biochemical workflows; ensure data traceability, sample integrity, and safety compliance; contribute to automation standards, validations, and continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s in Biology, Biochemistry, Engineering, or related field; minimum 1 year relevant experience with automated laboratory equipment, assay workflows, and data management; strong understanding of sample handling, assay execution, and metadata capture; collaborative skills across scientific and technical teams.

Preferred

exposure to major automation platforms (Hamilton, Tecan, Beckman), regulated environments (GxP, GLP, GMP), and analytical assays; experience with scripting or lab informatics tools.

High-Value

focus on R&D in innovative medicine, supporting automation in biotech/pharma discovery labs.

Work setup

based in Spring House, PA, with potential travel for vendor assessments, system commissioning, or cross-site support.