Automation Service Engineer, Personalis
3rd Shift
Office located in Fremont, CA
Platform personalising cancer testing
Job no longer available
Platform personalising cancer testing
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Fremont, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform the development of next-generation therapies by providing more comprehensive molecular data about each patient’s cancer and immune response.
Role
Who you are
- A BS degree in an engineering or related discipline, with minimum 2-5 years of industry experience.
- Extensive experience in providing service support for life science industry equipment including the Hamilton Robotics or similar liquid handlers, as well as other integrated robotic systems, analytical and process instruments.
- Experience working in a regulated environment (CLIA, /CAP) is desirable.
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external colleagues and customers from diverse scientific, engineering, operational, and regulatory disciplines.
- Demonstrate strong independent thinking and decision making skills.
- Good organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
- An analytical mindset focused on process engineering and process improvement
What the job involves
- Be the first line of contact for equipment support and communicate with lab users and the process development teams to solve instrumentation-related problems and issues.
- Perform troubleshooting and repair on general laboratory equipment and automated laboratory equipment such as the Hamilton STAR and Hamilton Verso.
- Build rapport with end-users, lab supervisors, and process owners to ensure successful support and growth of the Equipment and Operations teams.
- Perform routine calibration and maintenance on laboratory equipment based on their interval
- Maintain calibration and maintenance records and ensure that documentation is complete and follows Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
- Plan and execute preventive maintenance, instruments service, repairs, and qualifications.
- Author and execute qualification reports (IQ/OQ/PQ) and maintain Preventative Maintenance records.
- Monitor PM schedule to ensure necessary equipment is properly calibrated/PM’ed in a timely manner
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and distribute information by developing SOPs, and checklists, and updating internal knowledgebase.
- Establish service level objectives and Up-Time metrics.
- Support the Process Development team with the qualification of new or revised processes and systems.
- Recommend and implement changes to ensure ongoing high-quality performance of laboratory equipment
- Work closely with QA and Operations teams to define QC routines.
- Train Operations technicians on conducting routine activities or basic troubleshooting.
- Provide support for NCR’s and CAPA’s that are automation and equipment related.
- Coordinate duties with other Equipment Service Engineers
- Perform other duties as assigned
Our take
Personalis is developing biopharmaceuticals for cancer immunotherapies, enabling the next generation of precision cancer therapies and diagnostics.
A leader in advanced cancer genomics, Personalis is evolving its understanding of cancer through the 'Personalis NeXT Platform®'. This provides biopharmaceutical customers and clinicians with information on approximately 20,000 human genes and the immune systems all from a single sample.
Through multiple funding rounds, including investors such as Stanford University, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Abingworth, and Merck, Personalis has obtained capital to grow its products and advance its knowledge in developing the next generation of cancer diagnostics.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2015
$33m
SERIES C
Oct 2013
$22m
SERIES B
Total funding: $75m
Company benefits
- Medical insurance
- 401(k)
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
Fremont, CA
Leadership
Atul Butte
(Founder & Scientific Advisor)Previously worked at Stanford University, School of Medicine as a Professor of Pediatrics and as a Chief, Division of Systems Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics.
Christopher (Chris) Hall
(President & CEO)Joined the company in 2022 as SVP and Head of Diagnostic Business, becoming CEO in 2023. Formerly CEO at Naring Health, President and COO at Veracyte, and SVP at Celera.
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