Field Application Specialist - Laboratory Automation & Scheduling Software
Territory: UK wide with European travel when required
Ideal home location: Located near an international airport and ideally living in the Cambridgeshire/Southeast England area but all location in mainland England will be considered
Do you want to work for a global pioneer in laboratory automation that is used by the top 10pharmaceutical companies?!
Are you aleady a Field Applications Specialist/Applications Scientist/Lab Robotics Software Engineer with experience of installing, testing, and scripting laboratory automation software in C++?!
Or are you an experienced Laboratory Automation Scientist with extensive experience of laboratory workflows and scripting in C++/ in a laboratory automation/liquid handling robotics environment who is motivated to transition into this on site dedicated Laboratory Automation Software Engineer role?!
My client's disruptive lab automation scheduling software & robotics hardware is easy to use, scalable, and adaptable for the vital work of scientific discovery!
They are truly shaping the future of laboratory automation integration and if you would love to be part of this and have the right experience then keep reading and apply today!
The requirements for Field Application Specialist - Laboratory Automation & Scheduling Software:
- 1+ years experience as a Field Applications Specialist/Field Applications Scientist/Lab Robotics Software Engineer with experience of installing, testing, and scripting laboratory automation robots/scheduling software in C++
- You could also be a Laboratory Automation Scientist with extensive experience of laboratory workflows and scripting in C++ in a laboratory automation/liquid handling robotics environment who is motivated to transition into a Field Application Specialist role
- Familiarity with other scripting languages (C#, JavaScript, Python or Visual Basic) is ideal but not essential
- Excellent creativity, analytical, problem solving, and time management skills
- Outstanding verbal and written technical communication skills with an emphasis on ability to present effectively to a diverse audience
- Great interpersonal and relationship building skills; strong team player
- Ability to coordinate and execute upon multiple priorities within demanding and tight timelines
- Ability to be flexible, innovative, and creative while working smartly in a fast-paced, high growth environment
- Proactive in maintaining an awareness of current and emerging technologies/trends in the life sciences research sector
- Ability to work independently with little oversight and travel circa 30-50%
The role of Field Application Specialist - Laboratory Automation & Scheduling Software:
- Development and implementation of customized, optimal laboratory automation solutions for customer workflows in areas such as drug discovery, sample storage, genomics, chemical synthesis
- Understand the customer's needs for automation success to determine equipment and processes within the workflow
- This will involve performing software installations, writing scripts in C++ and utilising other programming languages such as Python for configuration, integration and testing at customer sites across the UK & mainland Europe
- Troubleshooting and resolution (may involve external service resources)
- Collaborate with software developers and testers to integrate software into functional system
- Be the conduit to transfer important information to other Applications & technical teams (Integrations & Software) to best support pre-sales opportunities
- Where possible, contribute to marketing efforts to generate material that will promote our client's disruptive laboratory robotics and scheduling software
Salary & Benefits:
- Attractive & Negotiable Base Salary DOE
- Annual Bonus
- Company Car
- Private Healthcare
- Private Pension (Up to 6%)
- Laptop & Mobile
- 25 Days Holidays + 8 Bank Holidays
- Company Phone, Credit Card & Laptop