Senior Scientist Laboratory Automation Engineer

Use Your Power for Purpose

At Pfizer, our purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Central to this mission is our Research and Development team, which strives to translate advanced science and innovative technologies into impactful therapies and vaccines. Whether you are involved in discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, or supporting clinical trials, your role is crucial. You will leverage cutting-edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate the delivery of best-in-class medicines to patients globally.

What You Will Achieve

A Senior Laboratory Automation Engineer within the Analytical Technologies and Compound Management (ATCM) Liquid Store team plays an important role in the stewardship of the Pfizer liquid compound collection by specializing in the design, implementation, and maintenance of leading-edge automated platforms that support Compound Management workflows.  These workflows facilitate order fulfillment operations resulting in the delivery of compounds in our corporate collection to research screening initiatives at Pfizer.  The successful candidate will leverage engineering principles to develop robust automation solutions that increase throughput, efficiency, reproducibility, and data integrity within our laboratory operations.  This hands-on role requires expertise across many disciplines including engineering, laboratory automation, robotics, project management, instrument protocol & method development, hardware & software troubleshooting, liquid handling, instrument quality control and workflow development & validation.  The candidate will also collaborate with Discovery Biology and Pharmacology (DBP), hit follow-up, lead optimization, External Research Solutions, and Medicinal Chemistry stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality access to the Pfizer compound collection.  Partnerships with facility engineering & logistics teams, Digital, Contract Research Organizations, and external software & hardware vendors are also a key aspect of the role.  As a senior member of the ATCM team, the successful candidate will have significant input in defining plans and strategies to support future demands on compound management.

How You Will Achieve It

• Provide expert level knowledge and hands on experience in the operation, troubleshooting, and resolving issues encountered with laboratory automation hardware and associated vendor software to support daily production and screening campaigns providing near and assay ready plates.
• Provide daily technical subject-matter-expertise, writing instrument protocols, troubleshooting assistance and guidance supporting the compound management workflows, automation infrastructure, and applications.
• Collaborate with team members and partners to design and continuously improve workflows to increase capacity and throughput to ensure on-time delivery of requests.
• Collaborate with the Pfizer Digital and ATCM Data support team to develop enterprise level solutions that address processed orders data analysis, storage, and curation, including the ability to mine data for insights that support decision making. 
• Contribute to the strategic direction by identifying and championing new ideas and technological strategies that will enable innovation, continuous improvement, and capability enhancements in workflows and operations within Compound Management.
• The candidate should possess strong collaborative and written/verbal communication skills, and have an enthusiastic, optimistic attitude.
• Interact and coordinate efforts with external vendors to drive workflows and support project delivery.
• Lead & participate in project teams as a key contributor by providing insight & expertise on laboratory automation & material logistics to solve issues of significant complexity and improve the efficiency of operations in Compound Management.
• Design and implement quality control experiments to evaluate hardware and software systems along with consumables and compound deliverables to drive innovation and continuously improve the efficiency and quality of deliverables to support screening campaigns.
• Produce high-quality and detailed documentation for implemented solutions, including workflow & data diagrams, description of requirements, use cases, design, tests, users guides & standard operating procedures (SoP).
• Present technological advancements & solutions internally to Compound Management stakeholders and externally to industry peers.
• Mentor junior team members by modeling courage & excellence in your work and contributing to an environment of equity and joy that promotes active engagement & learning.

Qualifications

• MSc/BSc degree in Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology,