Qualifications *Please cap Bill rate at XX70. Bachelors Degree Engineering Computer Science Life Sciences or equivalent with 23 years of relevant experience. Required Experience and Skills Must be a selfstarter 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 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 Rshiny. Experience with Webbased 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 Cloudbased architecture (AWS etc.)
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. The Workflow and Data Capture (WDC) team of Pharmacokinetics Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis (PDMB) in MRL is seeking a DURATION Contract Lab Automation Specialist to support ongoing and new efforts to optimize our data collection and use in inventing new medicines at a cuttingedge automated incubation lab at our West Point (PA) site. The WDC team s focus is on streamlining the workflows for improving automation and scientific data capture within the labs to provide the foundation for Merck s translational modeling AI/ML and decisionmaking platforms in our mission to develop groundbreaking medicines to improve patient s lives. A large portion of this work currently supports the development and operational standup and optimization of a novel automation lab at our West Point Site. The candidate will play a key role in development and delivery of the connectivity solutions for our data streams laboratory instrumentation robots and data storage solutions working closely with scientists and technical IT partners alike. The successful candidate will be part of a collaborative cross disciplinary team working closely with other research functions and our IT colleagues. This role will be located at our West Point PA USA research site and may involve some travel and remote work. Candidates must be willing to collaborate with our scientists to understand and uncover needs in workflow and data capture sharing broadly with the team to help build and execute strategy and to aid in implementation of innovative solutions.
Comments/Special Instructions100% onsite position Programming focused. File transformations sweeping files converting to standard format databasing. More engineering than data scientist Previous feedback not looking for Testers
System Location: Research Labs (Z011) Required
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CWR Type: W2 Required