# Automation Engineer

**Company**: GenScript Biotech Corporation
**Location**: Piscataway, New Jersey
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $70,000 – $90,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an Automation Engineer to join our Gene R&D department at our Piscataway site.

As an Automation Engineer, you will develop new automation workflows to meet high-throughput biomanufacturing needs, maintain and upgrade existing automation methods, and provide hands-on support for lab instruments and automation systems.

Responsibilities:

- Develop new automation workflows for high-throughput biomanufacturing

- Maintain and upgrade existing automation methods

- Provide hands-on support, troubleshooting, and maintenance for lab instruments and automation systems

- Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, software, and system integration issues

- Manage project timelines and leverage internal resources

- Communicate closely with other teams for smooth tech transfer

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or related fields

- 1+ year of experience in automation development in biomanufacturing

- Experience with laboratory instrumentation and automation systems

- Excellent communication and organization skills

- Experience troubleshooting liquid handling instruments such as Tecan Fluent, Hamilton STAR

- Extensive experience writing scripts/protocols for Tecan, Hamilton, Thermo Momentum Scheduler

- Experience with molecular biology experiments is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

- Basic understanding of equipment communication, networking, TCP/IP, serial communication, or automation software

- Basic programming or scripting experience

- Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, laboratory, or regulated manufacturing environments

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- 401(k) & Retirement Savings Plan (RSP)

- Short Term Disability Insurance

- New Child Leave

- Paid Time Off

- Paid Company Holidays

- Paid Sick Days

- Compassionate Leave

- Jury Duty Leave

- Float day

- Personal days

Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000 per year, depending on experience and qualification

## Skills

### Required
- automation development
- biomanufacturing
- laboratory instrumentation
- Tecan Fluent
- Hamilton STAR
- scripting protocols

### Nice to have
- equipment communication
- networking
- TCP/IP
- serial communication
- automation software
- programming
- biotechnology

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