Guardant Health
Senior Process Engineer
Guardant Health, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext, Guardant360 Response, and GuardantOMNI tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.Job Description
About the Role:We are seeking a scientist or engineer with a proven track record in automation and scaling, eager to take part in the development of a high-growth, fast-paced, automated laboratory.The ideal candidate will have an interdisciplinary background in molecular biology, lab automation, and programming, with experience in designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting automated sample-processing workflows.The ideal candidate has a background in a requirements-driven approaches within a clinical laboratory or molecular biology-based laboratory.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Apply scientific methods and engineering skills in efforts for scalability sample processing workflows.Collaborate or lead cross-functional teams working in a variety of projects to explore, develop, optimize, test, and put in place scalable solutions for sample processing workflows.Demonstrate a solid understanding of business and user requirements and improving efficiency, throughput, and quality of processes.Contribute to protocol generation, report writing, and presentation preparation.Program, and troubleshoot liquid handling robotics platforms for whole blood separation - preferably on a Hamilton platform.Integrate automated methods with sample tracking and data management software (is a plus)Qualifications
BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or a closely related discipline, with 5+ years of related experience or MS with 3+ years of related work experience will also be considered.Experience streamlining workflows, developing automated laboratory processes, and instrumentation systems, from concept generation. As well as requirements gathering through to process validation and implementation.Experience with programming liquid handling robotics platforms (Hamilton, Agilent)Basic programming knowledge of Python, C# or relevant similar languagesExperience in automated development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays and/or standard molecular biology techniques. (ie: nucleic acid isolation and purification, DNA quantitation, PCR, etc.)Verification & Validation experience, URS, IQ, OQ, PQ, FAT, SAT, pFMEA, and technical files for submissionExperience working within regulated environments (IVD, LDT, etc.)Strong communication and collaborative skillsAbility to work, internal & external with diverse scientific, engineering, operational, and regulatory disciplines.Experience with statistical data analysis, monitoring data quality, and troubleshooting technical problems.
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About the Role:We are seeking a scientist or engineer with a proven track record in automation and scaling, eager to take part in the development of a high-growth, fast-paced, automated laboratory.The ideal candidate will have an interdisciplinary background in molecular biology, lab automation, and programming, with experience in designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting automated sample-processing workflows.The ideal candidate has a background in a requirements-driven approaches within a clinical laboratory or molecular biology-based laboratory.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Apply scientific methods and engineering skills in efforts for scalability sample processing workflows.Collaborate or lead cross-functional teams working in a variety of projects to explore, develop, optimize, test, and put in place scalable solutions for sample processing workflows.Demonstrate a solid understanding of business and user requirements and improving efficiency, throughput, and quality of processes.Contribute to protocol generation, report writing, and presentation preparation.Program, and troubleshoot liquid handling robotics platforms for whole blood separation - preferably on a Hamilton platform.Integrate automated methods with sample tracking and data management software (is a plus)Qualifications
BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or a closely related discipline, with 5+ years of related experience or MS with 3+ years of related work experience will also be considered.Experience streamlining workflows, developing automated laboratory processes, and instrumentation systems, from concept generation. As well as requirements gathering through to process validation and implementation.Experience with programming liquid handling robotics platforms (Hamilton, Agilent)Basic programming knowledge of Python, C# or relevant similar languagesExperience in automated development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays and/or standard molecular biology techniques. (ie: nucleic acid isolation and purification, DNA quantitation, PCR, etc.)Verification & Validation experience, URS, IQ, OQ, PQ, FAT, SAT, pFMEA, and technical files for submissionExperience working within regulated environments (IVD, LDT, etc.)Strong communication and collaborative skillsAbility to work, internal & external with diverse scientific, engineering, operational, and regulatory disciplines.Experience with statistical data analysis, monitoring data quality, and troubleshooting technical problems.
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