At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Chelmsford, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

How You’ll Make an Impact
This position is a bench position focused on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the scalability and efficiency of workflows performed within the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) laboratory. In addition, to developing new automation workflows you will support the operations team in their routine use and troubleshooting of existing automation. In this role you will be exposed to a wide range of cutting-edge automation technologies while working in a dynamic and cross-functional team.

What You’ll Do

• Write and validate new liquid handler methods for both RUO and CLIA services
• Generate SOPs for new methods and workflows for both RUO and CLIA services
• Run NGS applications on a range of liquid handler platforms
• Train other scientists in the use of lab automation
• Supervise associate level scientist to conduct method testing and adjustments
• Work closely with internal informatics teams to design, build, and maintain LIMS and sample tracking solutions
• Identify and implement hardware and/or software to improve the automation infrastructure
• Routine maintenance and troubleshooting of liquid handler instruments

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• MS or PhD in Biological Sciences preferred
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing and optimizing methods for liquid handling devices, including Biomek, Mosquito, Mantis, Dragonfly liquid handlers required
• Strong track record of assay development required
• Experience designing, implementing, and/or operation of integrated workcells preferred
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in a MS Office, general purpose programming languages (e.g. VB/VBA/VBS, Python, Perl, R, C++/C#) preferred
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of next-generation sequencing, including wet and dry lab preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot liquid handling devices related issues

EOE M/F/Disabled/VET

At Azenta, we are a part of the science behind the COVID vaccine and we are committed to the health and safety of our employees, customers and the communities where we live and work. To protect our coworkers, clients, families and friends, we have implemented a policy where all of our US employees must be fully vaccinated (which includes taking the booster) or have requested and received an approved medical/religious accommodation prior to their first day of work.