Senior Scientist, Automation (Cell and Genetic Medicines Discovery)

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:

Spring House, 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, Automation (Cell and Genetic Medicines Discovery) that will be based in Spring House, PA.

Purpose:

The Cell & Genetic Medicines (CGM) organization is dedicated to developing, testing, and producing high-quality new molecular entities (NMEs) through innovative cell and genetic platforms within Therapeutics Discovery. Within CGM, the CAR Screening & Lead Selection (CSLS) group plays a crucial role in screening and selecting candidates for CAR-based therapies while also providing valuable automation support to enhance efforts across the organization.

We are looking for a Senior Scientist to join our Automation team. In this role, you will collaborate with a talented group of professionals across CGM to transition benchtop assays from manual processes to streamlined automated workflows. Your efforts will significantly contribute to increasing sample testing volume while reducing time-to-results, hands-on time, repetitive strain, and assay variability.

Moreover, you will have the opportunity to partner with stakeholders beyond CGM to translate additional workflows into automation and support the successful execution of these initiatives within the organization.

If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact in therapeutic development and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we welcome you to apply.

You will be responsible for:

• Collaborating within a cross-functional team to design, develop, and deploy laboratory automation solutions

• Creating, optimizing, maintaining, and continuously improving high-throughput workflows using liquid-handling robots and integrated automation workcells

• Expanding the scope of existing automation by introducing new functionalities

• Evaluating novel devices/instruments/technologies for the enhancement of laboratory processes

• Troubleshooting laboratory automation by liaising with internal subject matter experts and external vendors to perform root cause analysis based on thorough scientific and technical investigations

• Executing automated workflows and assisting others to do so

• Sharing knowledge and documenting best practices within the automation team, supporting and training end-users to independently execute automated workflows, and presenting results both within CGM and to wider audiences

Qualifications:

Required:

• Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. in Immunology or related field, Chemistry, Engineering, or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of laboratory experience; OR M.S./B.S. with a minimum 4-6 years of laboratory experience is required. Industry experience is preferred.

• Experience operating, maintaining, developing, and optimizing in one or both of the following domains: Liquid-handling robots from Hamilton, Tecan, Beckman Coulter, Dynamic Devices, Agilent, PerkinElmer, etc.

• Experience with a wide variety of cell lines, as well as demonstrated ability in aseptic cell culture techniques

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams

• Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills (both written and oral), and commitment in close collaboration with sc