Senior Scientist, Lab Automation

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Biotherapeutics R&D

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Scientist, Lab Automation to be in Malvern, PA.

Purpose: 

The Laboratory Automation & Robotics team is recruiting for a Senior Scientist, Lab Automation to lead design, development, and implementation of end-to-end laboratory automation workcell systems to drive high-throughput analytics for cell therapy pipeline candidates, with a particular focus on GxP applications. This role is based in Malvern, PA but will also involve work at other J&J sites.

You will leverage scientific and robotic systems expertise to lead the design and implementation of laboratory automation workcell solutions for various cell therapy analytical workflows, such as antigen binding, molecular, cell-based, and flow cytometry. You will collaborate with the Assay Automation team, Engineering, Assay Development, Data Science, IT, and end-users to drive hands-free automation implementation. You will play an integral role in improving sample throughput/capacity, while reducing hands-on time, time-to-result, repetitive strain, and assay variability.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of hands free end-to-end analytical workcell solutions (Driven by Biosero Orchestrator/Green Button Go®)
• Collaborate with Assay Automation, Engineering, and Methods Development to influence and align on system components and workflow orchestration
• Collaborate with Laboratory Operations, Data Science, and IT to drive automated data flow within workcell solutions
• Optimize automated systems, expand capabilities, and support technical investigations
• Lead automated process/methods qualification, and operator training activities
• Collaborate with automation team members to support or maintain automated systems as needed
• Knowledge transfer and cross-training
• Ensure data integrity through accurate and timely data capture/entry into appropriate systems
• Author protocols, work instructions, SOPs, or presentations

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. in Biology, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent is required

Required:

• Ph.D. with 2 years or M.S./B.S. with 8 or more years of laboratory automation experience is preferred
• Experience leading development and implementation of automated laboratory workflows or high-throughput methods within the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry; this includes systems configuration, liquid handling, and method programming is required
• Experience designing, programming, operating, and troubleshooting end-to-end integrated automation systems, such as Biosero, HighRes® Biosolutions, Hamilton, or Thermo Scientific™ is required
• Experience with device and data systems integrations is required
• Ability to identify/understand sophisticated customer needs, influence peers and organization, and help craft automated solutions for laboratory workflows is required
• Experience leading evaluation and implementation of new and novel technologies is required
• Experience with biological or biochemical