Senior Automation Scientist

Immediate need for a talented Senior Automation Scientist This is a 12+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in New Brunswick, NJ Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 24-23652

Pay Range: $45 - $51/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will operationalize automation/robotic initiatives within the Product Development organization.

This involves development of drug product automation activities, troubleshooting support as applicable, management of automation development project portfolio, and introduction of fit for purpose robotic capabilities across different sites within the organization.

The role requires the establishment of automation/robotic solutions by identifying gaps and opportunities within the existing development protocols to enhance business efficiency and agility.

Analytical & Formulation Support on Development Pipeline Assets

This function is focused on providing automation support to formulation and analytical development projects.

The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholder to ensure we are utilizing and developing the right automation formulation development platforms to align with their development needs.

Typical formulation development support includes the execution of flexible methods for sample preparation, data analysis, interpretation, and reporting of results in timely manner.

Ability to identify gaps and opportunities within existing automation workflows; develop and implement automation/robotic protocols as viable solutions.

Accountability, passion, and proper sense of urgency.

Willingness to learn new technologies and approaches based on business priorities.

Interest to explore and introduce Client robotic capabilities as appropriate.

Ability to effectively communicate among stakeholders, collaborators, and peers.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

Key Skills- Liquid handling, Automation handling, HPLC, UPLC, Chemspeed Systems, Hamilton Systems, R, Python

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, or related scientific discipline.

Masters or Ph.D. is highly desirable.

Minimum of 1 years experience is required of laboratory experience working with automation/ liquid handling workstations.

Preference is given to Unchained Labs, Chemspeed and Hamilton Systems.

Strong expertise in writing scripts for liquid handlers is a must.

Strong computer skills, including proficiency general purpose programming languages (e.g. VB, Python, Perl, R, C++/C#) is preferred.

Knowledge and experience in typical analytical techniques such as HPLC, UPLC, CE-SDS, iCE and high- throughput purification are desirable.

Ability to troubleshoot liquid handling devices related issues.

Our client is a leading Pharmaceutical organization and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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