Lab Automation Process Engineer (Onsite)

NCSL International; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 81,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation Medicine, Inc. is seeking a Process Engineer to join the Process Engineering team within Strategic Operations.

The role focuses on developing, installing, and maintaining automated laboratory systems that support clinical assays for oncology testing and related diseases. The engineer will work with cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, lead maintenance and calibration, and ensure protocols meet stakeholder needs across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• B.S. or B.A. in the life sciences, bioengineering or biotechnology, engineering, or related disciplines.
• 2 years of experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, field service or diagnostic laboratory setting.
• 5+ years of experience working with automated laboratory systems (software and hardware) in a life sciences, bioengineering or biotechnology, pharmaceutical, engineering, field service, or diagnostic laboratory setting

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site technical support of automated platforms
• Perform routine preventative maintenance on automated instrumentation, as well as coordinate service visits from third-party support engineers as needed
• Enhance existing and develop new automated workflows
• Lead maintenance, metrology, and calibration efforts for the laboratory, including planned and unplanned maintenance
• Install, test and control new versions of automated protocols on applicable instrumentation across labs and across sites as necessary
• Author technical documents (e.g. SOPs, Work Instructions, IQs, OQs, Change Controls)
• Participate in deployment activities to roll out new instrumentation and processes to clinical laboratories

Skills

Robotics automation

Lab automation systems

Education

B.S. or B.A. in life sciences, bioengineering or biotechnology, engineering, or related disciplines

Tools

ServiceNow

Veeva

JIRA

Confluence

SQL

LIMS

Job description

Foundation Medicine, Inc. is seeking a Process Engineer to join the Process Engineering team within Strategic Operations.

The role focuses on developing, installing, and maintaining automated laboratory systems that support clinical assays for oncology testing and related diseases. The engineer will work with cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, lead maintenance and calibration, and ensure protocols meet stakeholder needs across multiple sites.