Sr. Automation Engineer

Quest Diagnostics • San Juan Capistrano, CA

1d • $111,072 - $159,830

About The Position

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in San Juan Capistrano, CA seeks Sr. Automation
Engineer (multiple positions) to, as part of the Biomedical Engineering
department,
perform preventive and corrective maintenance, installations and
decommissioning of highly complex laboratory instrumentation and related
systems. Assess priority of equipment repair or maintenance and escalate repairs
to the vendor and act as the liaison when needed.
Maintain inventory of all
service parts and materials as necessary in a cost-efficient manner. Maintain
accurate and detailed records on all laboratory instrumentation associated with
the system to include service/repair reports, calibrations, preventive
maintenance, and current operational status of equipment. Develop tests and
simulations to ensure the systems work as intended.
Perform software/method and
script testing and debugging. Train staff to support operations. Maintain
compliance withs state, local, FDA, ISO, CLIA, CAP, and all other applicable
governing bodies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Automation, Computer Science, or Engineering
• 3 years of experience servicing automation systems
• Servicing complex robotic systems including HighRes molecular genetic system, including programming drivers, programming automation methods, developing and debugging software operating systems (including Microsoft Windows), troubleshooting, alignment correction, and component-level repair
• Using scheduler software programming and programming languages such as Java, C#, C+, C++, and Python

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, installations and decommissioning of highly complex laboratory instrumentation and related systems.
• Assess priority of equipment repair or maintenance and escalate repairs to the vendor and act as the liaison when needed.
• Maintain inventory of all service parts and materials as necessary in a cost-efficient manner.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records on all laboratory instrumentation associated with the system to include service/repair reports, calibrations, preventive maintenance, and current operational status of equipment.
• Develop tests and simulations to ensure the systems work as intended.
• Perform software/method and script testing and debugging.
• Train staff to support operations.
• Maintain compliance withs state, local, FDA, ISO, CLIA, CAP, and all other applicable governing bodies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level