Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing medicines sourced from human plasma and human cell lines. We are a privately-owned company, where the warmth of family meets the scale of a global organisation.
Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH with more than 200 employees is a subsidiary of the Octapharma group founded in 1997 and successfully expanding. Our core business is the development of recombinant proteins produced in human cell lines for therapeutic use in humans. Join us in shaping our vision to provide new health solutions advancing human life.
Associate Expert R&D Automation (m/f/d)
to join the Automation and Data Management group in the Research & Development Department at Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals. The group is responsible for developing, evaluating and maintaining lab automation processes as well as custom data management solutions across projects within R&D.
The successful candidate will take on a stimulating and multifaceted position in the automation team and will be responsible for operating our state-of-the-art fleet of liquid handlers, supporting other scientific groups within the department.
Tasks will include the supervision and maintenance of automated workflows covering a wide variety of biotechnological and analytical methods, streamlining of these workflows, and facilitating data acquisition and data processing via the in-house data management systems and LIMS. Coordination with the project teams and the identification and implementation of new screening approaches will add another exciting focus to the position.
Development, adaptation and maintenance of automated workflows in direct cooperation with scientists from all R&D groups
First-line technical support and troubleshooting for in-house automation systems
Coordination of external maintenance tasks
Linking automated workflows with in-house data management and LIMS systems
Sc. in Life Sciences with relevant experience, or comparably qualified early-career professional
experience with scheduling software (e.g. Programming experience in Python; additional knowledge in VBA or VBS is considered a plus
Experience with data management or LIMS tools is considered a plus
Fluent English skills; good German knowledge is considered a plus
A permanent position in full-time (40 hrs./A modern, "state of the art" working environment
~ Own company restaurant with subsidies
~ Free drinks such as coffee, tea and water
~ Job ticket or parking space for bicycle or car
~ An international team in an international corporate environment
~ We employ more than 11,000 people worldwide to support the treatment of patients in 120 countries with products across three therapeutic areas: Please apply via our web portal only. (Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH
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