Automation Engineer – Novartis – NIBR San Diego JJ

Job Description

1000x! That’s how many times faster our custom robots perform lab tasks compared to traditional manual methods. As a new Automation Engineer at Novartis San Diego, you will be operating such robotic systems performing transient and stable protein production in mammalian cells. Your role will be critical to the production of high quality proteins for both biotherapeutics programs as well as early stage drug discovery activities such as high throughput screening. You will be a key contributor to our mission of reimaging medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.
Your Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• The operation, optimization, and maintenance of a state-of-the-art high-throughput protein production system
• Working closely with engineers and biologists to develop new automation workflows and instrumentation
• The adaption of standard bench assays to automated and high throughput instrumentation.
• Effectively troubleshooting production runs in real time and communication of findings to technical personnel
• Exhibiting a high degree of self-motivation, organizational and time management skills, and an acute attention to detail

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Minimum Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:
• A bachelor’s degree in biochemistry or related field, ideally with a minimum 1-2 years of relevant lab experience in a pharmaceutical, CRO or related industry
• Strong engagement, interpersonal communication skills, and ability to thrive in a dynamic matrixed working environment
• A strong aptitude for and interest in automation, computer programming, and related technologies
Desirable Requirements:
• Experience working with laboratory automation equipment, scientific assays, mammalian cell culture, and protein expression and purification is highly desirable.
• Experience writing scripts for Tecan EVO or Tecan Fluent liquid handlers is preferred
• Experience working with engineers and scientists to develop new automation platforms is a plus

Join us and help us reimagine medicine. Our patients are waiting…

Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations: Individuals in need of a reasonable accommodation due to a medical condition or disability for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call +1 (877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

COVID-19: While Novartis does not require vaccination at this time, for certain Novartis sites in the US all associates and candidates may be required to either upload an image of their COVID-19 vaccine card demonstrating proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (or other similar evidence of vaccination) or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken by the associate or candidate within the past seven days to enter any of our sites and/or customer office or healthcare facility, as well as prior to participating in other work related off-site meetings. Employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere to and comply with customers’ (such as hospitals, physician offices, etc.) credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination. As required by applicable law, Novartis will consider requests for reasonable accommodation for those unable to be vaccinated. This requirement is subject to applicable state and local laws and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions. Please send accommodation requests to [email protected] .