Senior Automation Scientist | Medicinal Chemistry
Core
Design, implement, and maintain automated workflows for synthesis, purification, and analysis in drug discovery, orchestrating multi-instrument systems and data flows.
Role type
Senior Automation Scientist (Medicinal Chemistry)
Builds
Automated laboratory workflows for the MAKE cycle (synthesis planning to compound registration)
Domain
Biopharmaceuticals / Laboratory Automation / Drug Discovery
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Laboratory automation design, Robotic system orchestration, Python programming, System integration (APIs), Synthetic organic chemistry knowledge, Data flow architecture, Troubleshooting complex automation systems
Preferred skills
German language skills
Technologies
Hamilton, Tecan, BioNex, Opentrons, ELN, LIMS, Data lakes
Responsibilities
Design and maintain orchestration workflows for integrated automation platforms; Define requirements for digital interfaces between automation systems and enterprise data platforms; Collaborate with chemists, engineers, and IT to translate research challenges into physical prototypes; Monitor scientific literature and emerging methods in laboratory automation to maintain leading-edge capability
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
