Laboratory Automation & Robotics Engineer - Pharmaceuticals
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Job summary
Eurofins Scientific is seeking an Automation Engineer to lead the implementation, validation, and optimization of laboratory automation in a regulated R&D environment. You will design robotic workflows, liquid handling systems, and data management solutions to enable scalable and compliant lab operations.
Collaborating with scientists, IT, and quality teams, you will drive automation initiatives from discovery to deployment, ensuring data integrity, throughput improvements, and reliable system
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated experience supporting laboratory automation, robotics, or automated instrumentation platforms.
- Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or regulated laboratory environments.
- Experience programming, configuring, and troubleshooting robotic and liquid handling systems.
- Knowledge of laboratory systems integration and data management workflows.
- Experience executing validation activities in regulated environments, including IQ/OQ/PQ.
- Strong technical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work effectively across scientific, engineering, quality, and IT organizations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Assess existing automation environments, including robotics platforms, liquid handling systems, and laboratory workflows.
- Design, develop, configure, and deploy automated laboratory workflows.
- Program and optimize robotic and liquid handling systems to meet scientific and operational requirements.
- Implement automation strategies that improve process efficiency, reproducibility, and scalability.
- Develop and execute automation roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
- Integrate robotic platforms with laboratory instruments, software applications, scheduling systems, and LIMS environments.
- Design and implement data flow architectures that support interoperability across laboratory systems.
- Ensure automation outputs are integrated with downstream analytics and reporting platforms.
- Partner with IT and laboratory stakeholders to enable secure, reliable system connectivity.
- Execute validation and qualification activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and documentation.
- Develop and maintain validation lifecycle documentation.
- Support regulatory compliance requirements and audit readiness initiatives.
- Ensure automated systems meet quality, validation, and data integrity standards.
- Participate in inspection readiness and compliance reviews.
- Perform system troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning.
- Monitor automation performance and establish KPIs to ensure sustained operational excellence.
- Identify workflow bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve throughput and reduce downtime.
- Develop preventative maintenance strategies and reliability programs.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, RCA, and CAPA methodologies.
- Author SOPs, technical specifications, validation documentation, and engineering records.
- Develop training materials and support knowledge transfer activities.
- Maintain comprehensive automation system documentation throughout the lifecycle of deployed solutions.
- Provide technical mentorship and training to laboratory and operational staff.
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Education
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Job description
Technologist/Engineer, Laboratory instruments, Software
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.
In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
The Automation Engineer will lead the implementation, validation, integration, and ongoing optimization of laboratory automation solutions supporting regulated research and development environments. This role is responsible for designing and deploying robotic workflows, liquid handling systems, laboratory instrumentation integrations, and data management solutions that enable scalable, efficient, and compliant laboratory operations.
Working closely with scientists, laboratory operations teams, IT partners, and automation stakeholders, the Automation Engineer will drive automation initiatives from discovery and system assessment through deployment, validation, performance optimization, and long-term lifecycle support. The role will play a key part in advancing laboratory digitalization, increasing throughput, improving data integrity, and enhancing operational reliability.
- Assess existing automation environments, including robotics platforms, liquid handling systems, and laboratory workflows.
- Design, develop, configure, and deploy automated laboratory workflows.
- Program and optimize robotic and liquid handling systems to meet scientific and operational requirements.
- Implement automation strategies that improve process efficiency, reproducibility, and scalability.
- Develop and execute automation roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
- Integrate robotic platforms with laboratory instruments, software applications, scheduling systems, and LIMS environments.
- Design and implement data flow architectures that support seamless interoperability across laboratory systems.
- Ensure automation outputs are appropriately integrated with downstream analytics and reporting platforms.
- Partner with IT and laboratory stakeholders to enable secure, reliable system connectivity.
- Execute validation and qualification activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and documentation.
- Develop and maintain validation lifecycle documentation.
- Support regulatory compliance requirements and audit readiness initiatives.
- Ensure automated systems meet quality, validation, and data integrity standards.
- Participate in inspection readiness and compliance reviews.
- Perform system troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning.
- Monitor automation performance and establish KPIs to ensure sustained operational excellence.
- Identify workflow bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve throughput and reduce downtime.
- Develop preventative maintenance strategies and reliability programs.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, RCA, and CAPA methodologies.
- Author SOPs, technical specifications, validation documentation, and engineering records.
- Develop training materials and support knowledge transfer activities.
- Maintain comprehensive automation system documentation throughout the lifecycle of deployed solutions.
- Provide technical mentorship and training to laboratory and operational staff.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated experience supporting laboratory automation, robotics, or automated instrumentation platforms.
- Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or regulated laboratory environments.
- Experience programming, configuring, and troubleshooting robotic and liquid handling systems.
- Knowledge of laboratory systems integration and data management workflows.
- Experience executing validation activities in regulated environments, including IQ/OQ/PQ.
- Strong technical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work effectively across scientific, engineering, quality, and IT organizations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship.
- Familiarity with LIMS, laboratory scheduling systems, data capture platforms, and analytics tools.
- Knowledge of data integrity, laboratory compliance, and quality system requirements.
- Experience implementing continuous improvement, LeanSixSigma, RCA, or CAPA methodologies.
- Experience with cross-platform laboratory automation integration.
- Exposure to audit readiness and regulatory inspection support activities.
This role is a full-time, permanent positionMonday-Friday1st Shift. Candidates currently located within commutable distance to West Point, PAare encouraged to apply.
- Comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Eligibility for yearly goal-based bonus & merit-based increases
Eurofins USA PSS Insourcing Solutions is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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