Onsite Lab Automation Engineer - Hamilton/Biomek

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 85,600 - 128,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity awards

Commuting subsidy

Job summary

Vertex is seeking a Lab Automation Engineer to design, implement, and validate automation solutions across platforms like Hamilton and Biomek, supporting multiple disease areas within Vertex Cell & Genetic Therapies. This onsite role in Boston offers exposure to cutting-edge automation in a biopharma setting.

You will translate manual R&D processes into scalable automation, troubleshoot issues, support commissioning and validation, and drive continuous improvements in collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, computer science or related field with 1 year life sciences or engineering experience
• Experience with Hamilton and Biomek automation programming and method development
• Familiarity with Python, R, C/C++, and SQL databases

Responsibilities

• Translate manual research processes into automation system designs
• Troubleshoot system problems and document solutions
• Support daily operations, commissioning and validation in cross-functional teams
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive implementations across projects
• Participate in automation design for continuous and batch processes
• Provide technical guidance on automation operation and new capabilities
• Comply with safety and GMP procedures

Skills

Hamilton Biomek automation

Automation programming

Method development

Data capture software

Python

R

C/C++

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or computer science or related field

Tools

Hamilton Biomek

SQL databases

Version control (Git)

Job description

Vertex is seeking a Lab Automation Engineer to design, implement, and validate automation solutions across platforms like Hamilton and Biomek, supporting multiple disease areas within Vertex Cell & Genetic Therapies. This onsite role in Boston offers exposure to cutting-edge automation in a biopharma setting.

You will translate manual R&D processes into scalable automation, troubleshoot issues, support commissioning and validation, and drive continuous improvements in collaboration with