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Estimated Pay $56 per hour
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location West Point, PA, United States
West Point, Pennsylvania

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Role: Lab Automation Engineer
Location: West Point, PA
Duration: 12 Months

Min Pay Rate: $ 45/HR on W2

Job Description:

The Workflow and Data Capture (WDC) team of Pharmacokinetics, Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis (PDMB) is seeking a Lab Automation Specialist to support ongoing and new efforts to optimize our data collection and use in inventing new medicines at a cutting-edge automated incubation lab at our West Point (PA) site. The WDC team's focus is on streamlining the workflows for improving automation and scientific data capture [within the labs] to provide the foundation for client's translational modeling, AI/ML and decision-making platforms in our mission to develop ground-breaking medicines to improve patient's lives. A large portion of this work currently supports the development and operational standup and optimization of a novel automation lab at our West Point Site. The candidate will play a key role in development and delivery of the connectivity solutions for our data streams, laboratory instrumentation, robots and data storage solutions working closely with scientists and technical IT partners alike.

Responsibilities:
  • Work collaboratively with laboratory scientists and our automation lab specialists to help connect instruments and systems, developing novel scripts, applications and data infrastructure where required, with a focus on lab instrumentation integrations.
  • Effectively manage small projects from conception through completion with a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Work with WDC team to prioritize highest reward projects and help shape the group's strategy.
  • First line of defense in troubleshooting and error recovery.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences or equivalent with 2-3 years of relevant experience.
  • Must be a self-starter, able to work in an entrepreneurial and independent way when required.
  • Must be a team player with strong collaboration and communication skills.
  • Experience in software development or working with lab data capture systems or automation.
  • Experience with scripting/programing in the following: python, C#, R, Spotfire, PowerBI, VBScript , SQL
  • Experienced with common data structures and queries like SQL, Oracle and other databases.
  • Experience with C# and AWS highly preferred.

Preferred Experience and Skills
  • Knowledge of software and script development including appropriate unit testing and integrating scripts into existing architecture
  • Experience with Green Button Go or a similar lab automation scheduling software (Momentum, Cellario, etc.).
  • Experience with other programming languages like javascript, R, R-shiny.
  • Experience with Web-based application development and/or database development.
  • Experience with visualization applications including Spotfire and PowerBI
  • Experience with lab equipment automation of data flows and equipment itself
  • Experience with Cloud-based architecture (AWS, etc.)

About us
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of "human connection," defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people (and clients) can reach their highest potential. Our entire workflow and teams are trained to cultivate the joy of NEWJOBPHORIA with candidates and employees throughout their engagement with SPECTRAFORCE.

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at if you require reasonable accommodation