Senior Orchestration Software Engineer- Workflow & Integration

Be a key member of the Advanced Robotics & Data Orchestration Team within Alexion’s Product Development & Clinical Supply organization.

You will own the software layer that coordinates instruments and robots into push-button, reusable workflows. You will design state models, events, and integration modules; partner with data engineering experts to define schemas and event contracts; and deliver production-grade releases with observability and rollback. This role is software-leaning and science-facing: experience with pharmaceutical product development workflows, verification via vision/sensors, and data product thinking will help you translatescientistneeds into robust orchestration.

Help us accelerate life-changing therapies to patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases.

• Translate scientist and operator requirements (throughput, usability, exception paths, reliability targets) into orchestration designs and software implementations.

• Implement run-control logic (state models/events), exception handling, recovery/rollback, and scheduling for automated work cells and instruments.

• Develop reusable drivers/adapters and interface modules aligned to documented contracts, coding standards, and versioning,review code,and tests for quality.

• Integrate instruments/robots with schedulers and data services using interfaces and SDKs; partner with data engineering experts to define schemas and event models to support analytics and ML features.

• Apply configuration-as-code, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure development practices; ship documented releases and migration guides.

• Instrument workflows with telemetry/logs/alerts; define service level indicators andobjectivesfor orchestration software;participate in postmortems and reliability exercises.

• Produce onboarding artifacts (connectivity patterns, validation checklists, example configurations) and support operator UAT and day-2 enablement.

• Support commissioning, cutovers, andhypercarefor priority workflows; track reuse, commissioning time, error/rerun reduction, and uptime.

• Orchestration software components that meet reliability and usability targets across instruments and work cells.

• Audit-ready data trails for setpoints, states, recipe steps, and analytical outputs; alignment to validation and security expectations.

• High-quality documentation, release notes, and onboarding kits that enable repeatable adoption.

• Continuous improvement of orchestration software reliability using telemetry and corrective actions.

• Education/experience:
  PhD + 0 years, or MS + 4 years, or BS + 8 years in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)—including 4+years building software for lab or industrial automation or robotics, with hands on orchestration or controls integration.

• Proficiency in one or more languagescommonin automation (for example, Python, C#, or Java) and experience with event-driven patterns and state machines.

• Experience with interfaces, SDKs, and message buses; integrating with schedulers and data services; familiarity with schema design, data contracts, and basic SQL.

• Collaboration with scientists/operators, mechatronics/controls, and data engineers; clear, user-focused documentation.

• The duties of this role may require periodic work in a laboratory or manufacturing environment. As is typical of such roles, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: lift/carry 15/30 pounds unassisted/assisted; work comfortably in a controlled environment with and around hazardous materials; gown/degownPPE; use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and…