Automation Engineer

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, Pennsylvania, West Point
Dec 20, 2024
Job Role: Automation Engineer Location: West Point, PA 19486 Duration: 12 months contract Job Responsibilities: Work collaboratively with laboratory scientists and our automation lab specialists to help connect instruments and systems, developing novel scripts, applications and data infrastructure where required, with a focus on lab instrumentation integrations. Effectively manage small projects from conception through completion with a wide variety of stakeholders. Work with WDC team to prioritize highest reward projects and help shape the group's strategy. First line of defense in troubleshooting and error recovery Required Skills Must be a self-starter, able to work in an entrepreneurial and independent way when required. Must be a team player with strong collaboration and communication skills. Experience in software development or working with lab data capture systems or automation. Experience with scripting/programing in the following: python, C#, R, Spotfire, PowerBI, VBScript , SQL Experienced with common data structures and queries like SQL, Oracle and other databases. Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences or equivalent with 2-3 years of relevant experience Preferred Experience and Skills Knowledge of software and script development including appropriate unit testing and integrating scripts into existing architecture Experience with Green Button Go or a similar lab automation scheduling software (Momentum, Cellario, etc.). Experience with other programming languages like javascript, R, R-shiny. Experience with Web-based application development and/or database development. Experience with visualization applications including Spotfire and PowerBI Experience with lab equipment automation of data flows and equipment itself Experience with Cloud-based architecture (AWS, etc.)