Job Description

Senior Automation Scientist
Requisition ID: 141037BR

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

US - South San Francisco, CA
Human Identification Division

How will you make an impact?
As a member of the Human Identification R&D group you will develop automated liquid handling solutions to improve forensic customer workflows. You will be a subject matter expert in assay automation. You should have a passion for product development, a proven track record of either developing or being experienced in liquid handling automated platforms and be comfortable working on prototype instruments.

What will you do?

* Build, adapt, and optimize automated liquid handling methods to improve forensic customer workflows
* Work on prototypes of complex instrumentation systems
* Develop and execute test plans and write reports and other documentation
* Work cross functionally with engineers, software developers, scientists, and other disciplines
* Troubleshoot technical problems and serve as a liaison with internal customer concern teams as needed
* Provide customer support

How will you get here?
Education
Bachelor's/Masters degree preferably biochemistry, molecular biology, or similar

Experience

* Hands-on experience with Hamilton or Tecan automated liquid handler systems and software including writing and optimizing scripts
* 4+ years of experience programming an automated liquid handler
* Experience with general molecular biology techniques and DNA/RNA sample extraction is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

* Ability to work with a team of development scientists, as well with cross functional teams
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to present in front of teams

Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.