
Senior Lab Automation Engineer
Myriad Genetics
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: South San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $116,700 - $145,900 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Applies principles, theories, and concepts from the broader industry to the Myriad platform.
- Design, implement, and test process automation using liquid handlers and other automated equipment.
- Utilize programming languages to integrate new or modifications to processes to the robotics software stack.
- Work cross-functionally with the science, lab, manufacturing, and maintenance teams.
- Design, deploy, and test liquid handler scripts and changes to custom automated work cells.
- Make impactful contributions to troubleshooting efforts, analyzing data and helping drive key process-related decisions.
- Develop automation-related documentation for effective operation and maintenance of automated equipment.
- Train and mentor junior Automation Engineers.
- Travel to Myriad locations as needed during certain project phases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, bioengineering, chemistry, or related field required.
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- Demonstrated success in investigating, developing, and implementing laboratory automation processes.
- Expertise in programming in at least two of the major liquid handling systems (Tecan, Beckman, Hamilton).
- Experience with molecular biology lab processes.
- Proficiency in defining robust equipment/process qualification procedures (IQ/OQ/PQ) as well as FAT/SAT/SIT processes.
- 5+ years of software programming experience with Python, C#, or other language.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
process automationliquid handlersrobotics softwareliquid handler scriptsautomation documentationprogrammingPythonC#equipment qualification procedureslaboratory automation processes
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationtroubleshootingdata analysismentoringtraining