Senior Scientist, Automation (Cell and Genetic Medicines Discovery) Full-time

Senior Scientist, Automation (Cell And Genetic Medicines Discovery)

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Scientist, Automation (Cell and Genetic Medicines Discovery) that will be based in Spring House, PA.

The Cell & Genetic Medicines (CGM) organization is dedicated to developing, testing, and producing high-quality new molecular entities (NMEs) through innovative cell and genetic platforms within Therapeutics Discovery. Within CGM, the CAR Screening & Lead Selection (CSLS) group plays a crucial role in screening and selecting candidates for CAR-based therapies while also providing valuable automation support to enhance efforts across the organization.

We are looking for a Senior Scientist to join our Automation team. In this role, you will collaborate with a talented group of professionals across CGM to transition benchtop assays from manual processes to streamlined automated workflows. Your efforts will significantly contribute to increasing sample testing volume while reducing time-to-results, hands-on time, repetitive strain, and assay variability.

Moreover, you will have the opportunity to partner with stakeholders beyond CGM to translate additional workflows into automation and support the successful execution of these initiatives within the organization.

If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact in therapeutic development and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we welcome you to apply.

You will be responsible for:

• Collaborating within a cross-functional team to design, develop, and deploy laboratory automation solutions
• Creating, optimizing, maintaining, and continuously improving high-throughput workflows using liquid-handling robots and integrated automation workcells
• Expanding the scope of existing automation by introducing new functionalities
• Evaluating novel devices/instruments/technologies for the enhancement of laboratory processes
• Troubleshooting laboratory automation by liaising with internal subject matter experts and external vendors to perform root cause analysis based on thorough scientific and technical investigations
• Executing automated workflows and assisting others to do so
• Sharing knowledge and documenting best practices within the automation team, supporting and training end-users to independently execute automated workflows, and presenting results both within CGM and to wider audiences

Qualifications:

• Required: Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. in Immunology or related field, Chemistry, Engineering, or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of laboratory experience; OR M.S./B.S. with a minimum 4-6 years of laboratory experience is required. Industry experience is preferred.
• Experience operating, maintaining, developing, and optimizing in one or both of the following domains: Liquid-handling robots from Hamilton, Tecan, Beckman Coulter, Dynamic Devices, Agilent, PerkinElmer, etc.
• Experience with a wide variety of cell lines, as well as demonstrated ability in aseptic cell culture techniques
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills (both written and oral), and commitment in close collaboration with scientists, vendors, and end users across seniority levels with the ability to independently manage multiple projects in parallel
• Prior experience with electronic laboratory notebooks

• Preferred: Experience with analytical assay/method development
• Experience migrating biological or biochemical assays/methods onto automated systems
• Experience with integrated automation workcells using scheduling software such as Biosero Green Button Go, HighRes Biosolutions Cellario, or Thermo Scientific Momentum
• Experience with software for the visualization of experimental data, such as GraphPad Prism or Spotfire
• Experience with flow cytometry and flow cytometry technique, automation, and software
• Proven proficiency and experience in biologics (mAbs, gene therapies, cell therapies, etc.) within the pharmaceutical industry with a high level of technical understanding are preferred.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected vertebras and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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