Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Laboratory Setting

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

• Identifies automation opportunities, proposes prioritized solutions and analyses potential values using with value assessment criteria and priority scoring
• Work with Project Manager to develop automation roadmap using AHA, including building a project dashboard to track progress and track value analysis
• Deliver automation projects by leading automation development lifecycle from inception to potential industrialisation including specification, design, architecture and coordination with stakeholders
• Deploy Automation Tools (SharePoint, Robot and Supplier Repository and Guidance for Programming Strategy, Automation Decision Tree for Hardware, Expert Directory) to empower scientist in their lab experience with fit-for purpose and easy to use automation solution
• Deploy Dashboard to measure and monitor progress against metrics which includes designing and development of the dashboard and overseeing implementation
• Support automation community by increasing active participation and engagement, including forum posts, workshops or knowledge-sharing sessions
• Develop and maintain a sustained model of resourcing, ensuring appropriate service level agreements (SLAs) are in place with equipment providers.

• Experience in automation within the biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical industry or another industry. GMP experience required.
• Good understanding of the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical development process.
• Expertise in commissioning and validation of automation systems.
• Understanding of device networking and communication protocols.
• Experience in installing and servicing large integrated systems.
• Experience in automation controllers and process control (PLCs, Microcontrollers, knowledge of GAMP 5 is a plus).

• Experience writing protocols in Evoware and Venus software (nice-to-have).
• Experience in the design, programming, start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting of integrated laboratory equipment with electronic data and archive systems.
• Prior experience supporting the validation of lab computer systems.
• Proficiency in the general functions of sample management and relational databases.

• Experience coding in Visual Basic or C# (or similar language).
• Experience with LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) design and administration.
• Preferred technologies: SAP, Labware, LIMS, ELN, OpenLab, Empower, OneCDS, Hamilton, Beckman Coulter, Thermo Scientific, automated liquid handlers.

• Experience developing and executing biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical assays/methods and operating/troubleshooting laboratory equipment.
• Familiarity with current industry trends in lab automation.
• Experience with automated/automating data flows from testing design through analytical equipment and into LIMS/ELN systems.

• Experience with process mapping and workflow design to deliver fully integrated solutions.
• Experience in systems/account administration, network design, and server troubleshooting.

• Demonstrated ability to interact well with peers and senior personnel in multidisciplinary teams involving scientific, engineering, and operational disciplines.