Principal Scientist, DSCS Digital Technologies–Laboratory Automation, Semantic Technologies & Scientific Data Integration

Scorpion Therapeutics; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 173,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a senior automation/data integration expert to build cohesive automation solutions integrating robotics, instrumentation, and software. You will translate lab needs into scalable digital workflows and collaborate across automation, data science, modeling, IT, knowledge capture, and CMC.

You will lead projects from concept to deployment, improve platforms, and ensure end-to-end workflows are enabled by semantic metadata and AI-ready data.

Qualifications

• PhD + 6 years, MS + 8 years, or BS + 10 years in a related field.
• Experience with bio/pharma process development and analytics.
• Independent, cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Understanding of ontologies, metadata, semantic data, and knowledge representation.
• Experience enabling AI-ready data via semantic technologies and data integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation systems integrating robotics and software into cohesive solutions.
• Partner with researchers to translate experimental needs into scalable digital workflows.
• Collaborate across automation, data science, IT, and knowledge capture.
• Lead projects from concept through deployment and improve platforms.
• Integrate instrument platforms with semantic context and data systems.
• Provide hands-on partnership, support, troubleshooting, and training to scientists.

Skills

Bio/pharma processes

Entrepreneurial

Cross-functional collaboration

Ontology design

Semantic data

FAIR & data standards

Knowledge representation

AI-ready data

Data integration

Strong communication

Education

PhD in related field

MS in related field

BS in related field

Tools

Protégé

OWL/RDF

SPARQL

SKOS

Allotrope

CDISC

Job description

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Develop automation systems integrating robotics, instrumentation, equipment, and software into cohesive solutions.
• Partner with researchers to translate experimental needs into scalable digital workflows.
• Collaborate across automation, data science, modeling, IT, knowledge capture, and CMC.
• Lead projects from concept through deployment; improve existing automation platforms.
• Integrate instrument/equipment platforms with semantic context and data systems for end-to-end workflows.
• Provide hands‑on partnership, support, troubleshooting, and training to scientists.

Education Minimum Requirement

• Ph.D. (Chemistry/Biochemistry/Engineering/Physics/Biology/Pharmaceutical Sciences/Computer Science/Material Science or related) + 6 years.
• M.S. in related field + 8 years.
• B.S. in related field + 10 years.

Required Experience and Skills

• Knowledge of (bio)pharmaceutical process/product/analytical development.
• Entrepreneurial, independent work on cross‑functional teams.
• Understanding of ontologies/taxonomies/controlled vocabularies, metadata, semantic data.
• Knowledge of ontology design, FAIR, data/metadata standards, semantic modeling, knowledge representation.
• Experience enabling AI‑ready data via semantic technologies and data integration.
• Integrate heterogeneous scientific data; strong communication; deliver under compressed timelines.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Ontology development/management (Life Science); OWL/RDF/Protégé; reasoning.
• Familiarity with RDF/OWL/SPARQL/SKOS; knowledge graphs; Allotrope/CDISC.

Salary range: $173,200–$272,600. Benefits include medical/dental/vision, 401(k), paid time off.