dswexler
12-15-2009, 07:06 PM
General Description:
As an Automation Specialist, you will work in the Automation group validating and supporting liquid handling instruments and real-time PCR instruments for our commercial laboratories. This position will help refine and expand our automated equipment and methodologies. The Automation Specialist will need to write and update validation protocols, maintenance SOPs and contribute to improving automation practices and procedures. He/she will utilize statistical techniques to perform complex data analysis. A successful Automation Specialist will understand projects in the context of the overall process and will be integral to their success by taking a leadership role in providing automation expertise from project conception to its completion.
Responsibilities include, but not necessarily limited to:
• Provide service support for Beckman Coulter liquid handling instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration
• Provide service support for ABI 7900HT instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration
• Develop, validate and support automated methodologies and equipment for manufacturing operations
• Expand, refine, and support automated methodologies and equipment in a leading molecular diagnostic laboratory
• Work with XDx scientists designing and automating new technologies
• May act as a mentor to automation associates
• Design and define specifications, write, review, and validate complex liquid handling methods on numerous platforms
• Provide training to users for new methods, new user training, and is able to provide training to entry level Automation Associates
Qualifications:
• BS in Engineering, Chemistry, or Life Science with a minimum 5-8 years experience programming automated instrumentation.
• Experience working in a regulated laboratory environment. Including the following; design control, performing verification and validation studies and experience with process development.
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment supporting both manufacturing operations and regulated diagnostic laboratories
• Demonstrate working knowledge of scientific principles; strong analytical and troubleshooting skills required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required; experience writing Standard Operating Procedures and other technical reports strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint with proficiency in data analyses
• Proven mastery of programming environments and support on numerous instrument platforms (i.e., Beckman, Tecan, Agilent/Velocity 11). This includes the ability to provide advanced technical support and error recovery, as well as, coming up with creative solutions to software or hardware failures.
About XDx:
Founded in 2000, XDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company based in Brisbane, CA, USA. XDx applies modern genomics technologies to the development of molecular diagnostic assays that translate a patient's immune status into clinically actionable information. XDx has one marketed product, AlloMap® Molecular Expression Testing, and other products under development. The proprietary molecular expression technology used by XDx to develop AlloMap testing for heart transplant patient management may be applicable to the post-transplant management of recipients of other organs. The application of gene expression testing to other diseases that involve the activity of the immune system, such as autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, is also being explored.
Please email cgeorgette@xdx.com to apply.
As an Automation Specialist, you will work in the Automation group validating and supporting liquid handling instruments and real-time PCR instruments for our commercial laboratories. This position will help refine and expand our automated equipment and methodologies. The Automation Specialist will need to write and update validation protocols, maintenance SOPs and contribute to improving automation practices and procedures. He/she will utilize statistical techniques to perform complex data analysis. A successful Automation Specialist will understand projects in the context of the overall process and will be integral to their success by taking a leadership role in providing automation expertise from project conception to its completion.
Responsibilities include, but not necessarily limited to:
• Provide service support for Beckman Coulter liquid handling instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration
• Provide service support for ABI 7900HT instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration
• Develop, validate and support automated methodologies and equipment for manufacturing operations
• Expand, refine, and support automated methodologies and equipment in a leading molecular diagnostic laboratory
• Work with XDx scientists designing and automating new technologies
• May act as a mentor to automation associates
• Design and define specifications, write, review, and validate complex liquid handling methods on numerous platforms
• Provide training to users for new methods, new user training, and is able to provide training to entry level Automation Associates
Qualifications:
• BS in Engineering, Chemistry, or Life Science with a minimum 5-8 years experience programming automated instrumentation.
• Experience working in a regulated laboratory environment. Including the following; design control, performing verification and validation studies and experience with process development.
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment supporting both manufacturing operations and regulated diagnostic laboratories
• Demonstrate working knowledge of scientific principles; strong analytical and troubleshooting skills required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required; experience writing Standard Operating Procedures and other technical reports strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint with proficiency in data analyses
• Proven mastery of programming environments and support on numerous instrument platforms (i.e., Beckman, Tecan, Agilent/Velocity 11). This includes the ability to provide advanced technical support and error recovery, as well as, coming up with creative solutions to software or hardware failures.
About XDx:
Founded in 2000, XDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company based in Brisbane, CA, USA. XDx applies modern genomics technologies to the development of molecular diagnostic assays that translate a patient's immune status into clinically actionable information. XDx has one marketed product, AlloMap® Molecular Expression Testing, and other products under development. The proprietary molecular expression technology used by XDx to develop AlloMap testing for heart transplant patient management may be applicable to the post-transplant management of recipients of other organs. The application of gene expression testing to other diseases that involve the activity of the immune system, such as autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, is also being explored.
Please email cgeorgette@xdx.com to apply.