Automation Engineer Specialist

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Job Description

This is a full time, permanent position. Working a flexible 37 hour week, Monday – Friday.

The purpose of this role is to assist in the design and implementation of a closed-loop automation strategy across various business processes. This project aims to automate critical processes using digital twins and self-driving labs concepts. The individual will design robotic systems for desired functionality, establish those processes robustly assuring the associated compliant software, optimise functionality and train end users of software, and solicit continuous feedback for seamless interaction with digital twins and self-driving labs concepts.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design the architecture for the closed-loop automation systems, which includes both the robotic systems and the software integration with digital twins and self-driving labs.
• Ensure that the design meets all technical and business requirements.
• Create a system architecture design document that provides a detailed blueprint of the system's components and their interactions.
• Identify technical specifications that outline the hardware and software requirements, performance criteria, and compliance standards.
• Design, build, and maintain robotic systems tailored for the specified automation processes.
• Prototyping, iterative testing, and refining the robotic systems to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Deliver fully functional robotic systems that have been tested and validated for operational use.
• Prepare maintenance documentation that includes procedures for regular upkeep, troubleshooting, and repairs.
• Create technical drawings and schematics that provide detailed visual representations of the robotic systems.
• Conduct comprehensive unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing of both the robotic systems and the software to ensure they meet all project requirements and perform as expected under various conditions.
• Create test plans that outline the objectives, scope, and methods for testing the systems.
• Identify detailed test cases that specify the conditions and expected outcomes for each test.
• Author validation reports that summarize the results of the tests, including any issues found and resolutions implemented.
• Track bugs and issues in logs that document all identified problems and their status.
• Install and commission the automated systems within the business processes, ensuring they are fully operational and integrated with existing workflows.
• Provide support during the initial deployment phase to address any issues.
• Create a deployment report that documents the installation process, any challenges encountered, and solutions implemented.
• Prepare installation guides that provide step-by-step instructions for setting up and configuring the systems.
• Continuously monitor the performance of the automated systems to identify areas for improvement.
• Optimize the systems to enhance efficiency, reliability, and performance based on collected data and user feedback.
• Create performance reports that analyse system metrics and identify areas for improvement.
• Determine optimization plans that outline the steps to enhance system performance and efficiency.
• Maintain system logs and monitor data that provide insights into system operations and any issues encountered.

Qualifications

• BSc in Engineering minimum
• Relevant industrial experience
• Previous coding/programming experience preferably in C++, JavaScript or Python would be ideal.
• Experience with software interface for robotics platforms
• Experience of automated platforms such as robotic arms, liquid handlers, sensors and guided automation
• Strong communication skills both verbally and written skills and ability to build collaborative relationships across broad multi-disciplinary networks.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Reward & Recognition.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement.
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Free Parking
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 
 
Your data 
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/