Automation Specialist – Complex In Vitro Systems; CiS

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a Automation Specialist for a prominent client of ours. This position is located at South San Francisco, CA. Details for the position are as follows.

• Shift: Monday
  - Friday, onsite position, standard day shift.
• Position will mainly be responsible for pioneering automation of CIVM culture and assays, including organoids and iPSC models, by translating manual cell culture and assay processes into automated workflows through programming, testing, qualification, and execution.
• Responsibilities also include qualifying and executing automated CIVM cultures and assays, performing maintenance and dry tests to ensure automation platform readiness and sterility, and supporting data management, analysis pipelines, and data automation.
• Position will also be responsible for developing Python practices, training team members, documenting processes through SOPs, and sharing automation capabilities while working in a laboratory environment with cell culture, pipetting, hazardous materials, and flexible scheduling as needed.

• Masters with 4-6 years professional experience or PhD with 0-3 years experience is required.
• Experience in automation cell culture is required.
• Experience with automation and/or implementation of CIVMs is a plus.
• Experience operating, programming, and integrating laboratory automation systems and peripherals, including liquid handling platforms, automated incubators, centrifuges, analyzers, and imaging systems, is required.
• Experience translating hands-on cell culture processes into automated protocols and troubleshooting automation systems and workflows in a multi-user, multi-application environment is required.
• Experience with Python and/or C# and the ability to systematically solve technical and analytical challenges is required.
• Experience with automation and implementation of complex in-vitro models (CIVMs), including organoids, 3D cell culture systems, microfluidics, or organ-on-chip models, is highly preferred.
• Experience with automation scheduling software such as Green Button Go , Thermo Momentum, or HiRes Cellario, as well as integrating instrument and process quality control data with LIMS, is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with cellular assays such as cell viability, flow cytometry, gene expression analysis, high-content screening, 3D imaging analysis, biomarker quantification, or TEER is a plus.
• Experience working with primary cell cultures in 3D, including organoids, layered cultures, or spheroids, is also preferred.