Expert for Lab Automation

Expert for Lab Automation – Hamilton STAR/Vantage, Tecan Fluent/Evo, Beckman Fx/Fxp/i7

Role:
For our client in the Pharma industry based in Basel we are looking for a Expert for Lab Automation.

In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organisation (pRED), we make
transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet
healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into
medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility,
where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary lifechanging
innovation at speed. This position is located in ADME, a chapter within global
Pharmaceutical Sciences, where the fate of new chemical entities and biologics is a primary
focus. The ADME Chapter works throughout all stages of compound development, from lead
optimization to candidate selection, all clinical development phases to filing of new drug
applications. We closely collaborate with our therapeutic areas and functions to convert
hypotheses into innovative therapeutics.

Job mission
The “Expert for lab automation” will ensure an optimal operation of multiple automated
systems in our ADME in vitro labs (e.g. Tecan Fluent & Evo pipetting robots) in close
collaboration with the respective end-users, including the win10 migration, optimizing
existing and setting-up new scripts, end-user training and troubleshooting of automated in
vitro assays.

Areas of responsibility:
The responsibility of the job is focused around the different automated in vitro lab systems
used in the ADME function. Mostly Tecan (Fluent and Evo) pipetting robots are used for the
different automated in vitro assays.
* Supporting the win10 migration of our Fluent systems to minimize as much as possible the
downtime of the systems.
* Ensuring straight, logic robotic script structures following predefined guidelines for new
assays to be automated on current and new pipetting robots in-line with over-arching
automation strategy
* Support of the respective end-users and selected power users (training, troubleshooting &
script creation).
* Documenting any troubleshooting, improvement or implementation processes.
* The area of responsibility can be extended based on experience and interest to include
other digital workflows and lab systems.

Professional and technical requirements:
* At least a bachelor or master in relevant discipline or equivalent in-depth practical
experience
* At least 3 years professional experience in the area of lab automation (preferably industrial)
with hands-on experience in assay development and in programming, operating and
troubleshooting different liquid handling systems like Tecan Fluent/Evo, Beckman Fx/Fxp/i7,
or Hamilton STAR/Vantage
* Experienced with programming languages and the implementation of lab automation
solutions for different throughputs
* You are highly focused to support your customers with the best approaches available and
to work in a team-based open environment
* Fluent in English

Reference no: 921133 AD
Role: Expert for Lab Automation
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Workload: 100%
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Start date: asap
Duration: 24 months contract, with possible extension

About us:
ITech Consult is a certified ISO 9001:2015 Swiss company with offices also located in Germany and
Ireland. ITech Consult is specialised in delivering IT candidates for contract work. We were founded in
1997 by IT professionals; hence we well understand what it means to be professionally supported in your
search for a new project and being employed.