Laboratory Automation Engineering Specialist - client dedicated

Thermo Fisher Scientific are currently recruiting for a number of Lab Automation Engineering Specialists to join our client dedicated team in Stevenage, UK to work on an exciting project where you will be pivotal in the implementation of a closed-loop automation strategy across various business processes. You will work to automate critical processes using digital twins and self-driving labs concepts which will include designing, maintaining, and optimizing robotic systems, as well as developing and integrating software., As a Laboratory Automation Engineering Specialist you may be responsible for some of the following deliverables but will be working as part of a team with complimentary skill set:

• Project Planning and Kickoff - collaborate with key stakeholders to define the project scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables for various business processes. Establish a project team and develop a detailed project plan
• Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with various departmental stakeholders to gather the requirements for the closed-loop automation strategy.
• System Design: Design the architecture for the closed-loop automation systems, including both the robotic systems and the software integration with digital twins and self-driving labs
• Development of Robotic Systems: Design, build, and maintain robotic systems tailored for the specified automation processes. Prototyping, iterative testing, and refining robotic systems to ensure optimal performance and reliability
• Software Development and Integration: Develop software that allows seamless interaction with digital twins and robotics systems, ensuring it integrates smoothly with existing systems. This involves coding, testing, and refinement
• Testing and Validation: Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing of robotic systems and software
• Commissioning and Deployment: Install and commission the automated systems within the business processes, ensuring they are fully operational and integrated with existing workflows.
• Training : Provide training to end-users and create detailed documentation for system operation and troubleshooting.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Continuously monitor the performance of the automated systems and enhance efficiency, reliability and performance.

Do you have experience in Unit testing?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * BSc/MSc in a Chemical Engineering field, Informatics or Software development is preferred but other areas of study can also be considered

• Minimum 3 years' experience in automation engineering/design/optimization

Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge and experience of physical automated platforms such as robotic arms, liquid handlers, sensors and guided vehicles - ideally Tecan/Hamilton systems
• Experience with software interface for robotics platforms
• Experience with PAT (Process Analytical Technology)
• Previous coding/programming experience preferably in Python, Java Script, C++
• Connectivity experience with Siemens technology
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to interact well with peers and senior personnel in multidisciplinary teams

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. With $1.4 billion invested annually in R&D, our collaborative and diverse teams have the resources they need to drive new discoveries and do cutting-edge research and develop important applications and tools that help millions of lives around the world.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with an annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000+ colleagues deliver an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.