Overview
Senior Automation Engineering Specialist - Labs (Client-Dedicated) role at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Location: Ware, UK. Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri). Environmental Conditions: Office. This position involves contributing to the implementation of a closed-loop automation strategy across various business processes, including designing, maintaining, and optimizing robotic systems and software integration with digital twins and self-driving labs. The role will be part of a client-dedicated team working on an exciting project to automate critical processes using digital twins and self-driving lab concepts.
Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Responsibilities
* Project Planning and Kickoff – collaborate with key stakeholders to define the project scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables for various business processes. Establish a project team and develop a detailed project plan
* Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with various departmental stakeholders to gather the requirements for the closed-loop automation strategy.
* System Design: Design the architecture for the closed-loop automation systems, including robotic systems and software integration with digital twins and self-driving labs
* Development of Robotic Systems: Design, build, and maintain robotic systems tailored for the specified automation processes. Prototyping, iterative testing, and refining robotic systems for optimal performance and reliability
* Software Development and Integration: Develop software that enables seamless interaction with digital twins and robotics systems, ensuring smooth integration with existing systems
* Testing and Validation: Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing of robotic systems and software
* Commissioning and Deployment: Install and commission automated systems within business processes, ensuring they are fully operational and integrated with existing workflows
* Training: Provide training to end-users and create detailed documentation for system operation and troubleshooting
* Monitoring and Optimization: Continuously monitor performance of the automated systems and enhance efficiency, reliability and performance
Qualifications
* BSc/MSc in an Engineering field, Informatics or Software development is preferred but other areas of study can also be considered
* Minimum 3 years’ experience in automation engineering/design/optimization
* Knowledge and experience of physical automated platforms such as robotic arms, liquid handlers, sensors and guided vehicles - ideally Tecan/Hamilton systems
* Experience with software interface for robotics platforms
* Previous coding/programming experience preferably in Python, JavaScript, C++
* Connectivity experience with Siemens technology and PAT
* Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to interact well with peers and senior personnel in multidisciplinary teams
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.
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