CareerPlan

Senior Automation Scientist/Engineer — Biologics Engineering

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of AmericaFull-time$124k–$171k2026-11-02 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design, integrate, and optimize laboratory automation and robotics to accelerate biologics discovery workflows and improve data quality.

Role type

Senior Automation Scientist/Engineer (Biologics R&D)

Builds

Robust, scalable automation platforms integrating high-throughput systems, robotics, and data workflows for biologics discovery.

Domain

Biologics Engineering / Life Sciences R&D

Required skills

Laboratory automation platforms, liquid handlers, high-throughput analytical technologies, liquid class development, labware definition, automation scheduling software, robotics scripting, assay workflow mapping, data quality analysis, root cause analysis, team mentoring.

Preferred skills

Orchestration platforms (Green Button Go, Thermo Momentum, Cellario), Python, C#, database connectivity, data management, ASCII/delimited file parsing.

Technologies

Hamilton, Labcyte, Agilent, Green Button Go, Thermo Momentum, Cellario

Responsibilities

Partner with scientists to document and map workflows into automation solutions; serve as technical authority for automation platforms and scripting; own reliability and continuous improvement of shared systems; support operation and troubleshooting of deployed workflows; grow team technical capability through training and mentoring.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities