Lab Automation Engineer Specialist

Location: Town of Belgium

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Enddatum: 31. Juli 2026 (Noch 20 Tage Zeit für Bewerbung) job requisition :
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** Title**:
Lab Automation Engineer Specialist
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* Location:

** Ghent-BE
** Work Arrangements:
** Hybrid (4 days on site, 1 day home office)
** About Sanofi:
** We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Join Sanofi R&D, the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research.
** About The Job
** Join Sanofi R&D in Ghent as Lab Automation Engineer/Scientist to strengthen and expand our Automation & Data workflow team within STREAM (Scientific Team for Research Excellence and Automation Management). In this role, you will contribute to the development of high-throughput end-to-end automated workflows integrating state-of-the-art equipment. You will directly support the acceleration of R&D projects by applying your expertise in automation to the screening and characterization workflows supporting NANOBODY lead candidates across our Discovery and Pharmaceutical Research & Technology (PRT) departments.

These activities will support the pre-clinical development of NANOBODY molecules in different therapeutic areas (e.g. immuno-oncology, immunology, rare and neuro disease, etc.).

** About Our Team
** Sanofi Ghent is a biopharmaceutical site dedicated to creating new antibody-based therapeutics called NANOBODY molecules which are making a real difference to society. The Ghent site currently has around 400 people working on the discovery and pharmaceutical development of NANOBODY molecules for the treatment of a wide range of diseases.

You will become a member of the STREAM Automation & Data Workflow team — an enthusiastic, international and collaborative team that values knowledge-sharing and works closely with scientists across the Discovery and PRT departments.
** Main Responsibilities
**** Automation Development & Support
*** Developing and maintaining automation scripts for liquid handling platforms (Hamilton Venus, Tecan Fluent/Evo)
* Designing workflow orchestration of integrated equipment using Venus, Plate Butler or other scheduling software
* Setting up fully automated high-throughput processes across Discovery and PRT departments
* Supporting robotic platform installations, commissioning, maintenance and validation activities in collaboration within the Sanofi network and with external engineering companies
* Independently designing and executing automated experiments
* Assisting in troubleshooting automation equipment and resolving technical issues
* Contributing to automation run planning and coordination across departments
** Process Improvement & Documentation
*** Supporting standardization efforts for automation workflows across the site
* Maintaining comprehensive documentation for automation methods and procedures
* Participating in knowledge transfer sessions and cross-departmental collaboration, building out the local-to-global automation hub
* Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives for automation processes
* Provide training and guidance to personnel regarding automation protocol development and execution.
** Digital Integration & Innovation
*** Assist in connecting automation platforms to digital data systems (ELN, LIMS, databases)
* Support end-to-end workflow development from sample preparation to data capture
* Contribute to custom tooling development, including 3D modeling and printing projects
* Keeping up with latest developments in the field of lab automation and evaluating implementation of new technologies.
* Leveraging digital tools and AI to solve problems
** About You
*** Degree of

B.Sc. with ≥3 years of relevant experience or M.Sc. with ≥2 years relevant experience (degree should be in engineering, bioengineering, computer…