Laboratory Automation Engineer

• Full-time

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies.

Eurofins has more than 850 laboratories within its global network, employing over 55,000 staff.

We are currently offering an exciting opportunity at PHAST, a subsidiary of Professional Scientific Services (PSS) Switzerland. This position at our client's site in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, comes with a permanent contract with Eurofins-PHAST, Switzerland.

For our client’s international team in Schaffhausen, we are looking for a Laboratory Automation Engineer (all genders). In this exciting and versatile position, your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

• Project lead for laboratory automation/ robotics of strategic investment projects in the field of pharmaceutical analytics
• Developing and implementing new software and hardware solutions for lab-specific automation application
• Presenting project updates and solutions
• Establishing proactive communication lines with other project teams and external partners
• Partnering with academia and external companies for scouting of new technologies for laboratory automation solutions
• Ensures compliance of company policies and procedures regarding processes and projects

For this multifaceted position we are looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s Degree with working experience or Master's Degree in an engineering discipline (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical engineering, Process engineering, Automation or System engineering), Computer Science or similar (ETH/FH or comparable education)
• Preferably previous experience in laboratory automation engineering
• Familiarity with a highly regulated industry and knowledge of medical standards would be a plus (e.g., GMP, test specifications, FAT, SAT, Qualification process: IQ,OQ)
• Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills and process thinking
• Experience in manufacturing or design of electronic products is a plus
• Self-starter mentality (innovative and flexible) and able to work independently
• English Level C1 is required, German would be a plus
• Familiarity with network (e.g. TCP/IP, OPC) and control/robotic systems as well as programming skills (Matlab, Labview, C++) are a plus

We are offering you an interesting position within a truly global company. After several onboarding trainings, to make sure you have the experience you need, you will be working independently in our team.

• Interesting international as well as national career opportunities
• Different trainings focused on technical experiences as well as soft skills

If this position could be of interest to you or if you have any questions regarding this position please feel free to reach out to Rianne Fridman-Heezen , Personnel & Administration Specialist PSS & PHAST Switzerland.

Please note that as per Eurofins policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Eurofins will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.