Senior Associate Lab Automation Scientist (1 Of 2)

Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a division of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies is recruiting for a Senior Associate Lab Automation Scientist to implement fully automated analytics for product development and QC testing. This position will be located in Malvern, PA.

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Within Janssen Research & Development, the Biotherapeutics Development & Supply (BTDS) organization is responsible for the development, clinical supply, marketed product support, and life cycle management of Biotherapeutics. Within BTDS, the Analytical Development (AD) group supports method development and validation, as well as product development, release, and stability analytics via automated workflows.

The Laboratory Automation & Robotics team is recruiting for a Sr. Associate Automation Scientist to collaborate in migrating analytical assays from manual processes to fully automated end to end workflows. In this role you will collaborate with Assay Automation, Integration Automation, Assay Development SMEs, and end-users to increase sample testing throughput and/or reduce hands-on time, time-to-result, repetitive strain, and assay variability. The primary scientific area of focus will be in cell and gene therapies, implementing automated analytical workflows such as antigen binding, molecular, cell-based, and chromatography.

Primary Responsibilities:

Depending on your skills and interest the responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design, develop, and deploy end-to-end automation solutions for analytical workflows

• Collaborate in automated workflow design, and execute experimentation for device/instrument selection or refinement/improvement of laboratory processes

• Develop, maintain, and optimize automated scripts to expand HT sample testing using automated liquid handling and end-to-end automation platforms

• Optimize existing automated solutions to provide new functionality

• Support and troubleshoot automated solutions for high-throughput sample testing, including technical investigation support

• Collaborate with AD Operations and IT to automate data flow within laboratory automation solutions (LIMS/metadata, CQA, results, etc.)

• Knowledge transfer and technical cross-training

• Ensure data integrity through accurate and timely data capture/entry into appropriate electronic systems