Responsibilities

Company Overview:

Covaris, LLC (a PerkinElmer subsidiary) is a leading sample preparation solution provider in Biotechnology headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts and has pioneered the Adaptive Focused Acoustics(AFA) technology platform, therebyrevolutionizing pre-analytical sample preparation in the world of Omics, such as genomics, proteomics, etc.

As a global leader in sample preparation technologies for life sciences research and molecular diagnostics applications, Covaris has successfully been awarded the ISO 13485 Quality System Certification. This certification demonstrates our commitment to meeting the highest international standards for medical device quality management systems and ensuring the high quality of life science research data for research and innovation.

Job Summary:

As an Automation Associate within the Solutions Group at Covaris, you will play a pivotal role in both internal development and external support of automation solutions tailored for genomics and proteomics workflows. Collaborating closely with engineering and R&D teams, you will spearhead and document the development and optimization of cutting-edge solutions to meet the evolving needs of the life sciences and biotechnology industries. Externally, you will support the sales team and assist customers in implementing and adopting Covaris solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in addressing challenges specific to next-generation sequencing (NGS), comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP), and proteomics workflows, guiding experimental design, and ensuring seamless integration of Covaris technologies into customer workflows. You will assist and document projects to aid in integrating Covaris solutions at customer sites within the Covaris Solutions Team framework. Join us in revolutionizing laboratory automation and empowering scientists worldwide to accelerate their research and discovery.

Essential Responsibilities:

The employee may be required to perform all, or a combination of the following essential responsibilities as determined by business necessity.

• Deliver customer-facing presentations, onsite and internal technical demonstrations, customer training, and product positioning in person and virtually
• Provide technical expertise and support for the positioning and implementation of automated FFPE extraction and NGS Solutions
• Support customer adoption of Covaris Solutions for automation and applications
• Timely completion and documentation of tasks to support the automation team according to project objectives and goals
• Position Covaris Solutions to customers to support pre-sales opportunities within Covaris' Automation portfolio
• Assist in the creation of new automation product and service offerings
• Work within a regulated ISO-13485 environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, biomedical and/or scientific field
• 1 year experience with product development, application development, and/or application support
• 1 year experience with automated liquid handler programming, protocol development, and operational experience (Hamilton VENUS, Dynamic Devices Method Manager, Tecan Fluent Control, certificates a plus)

Desired Qualifications:

• Technical writing and presentation skills
• Knowledge of molecular testing techniques, including nucleic acid extraction, NGS library prep and sequencing
• Experience working in a clinical laboratory is a plus
• Experience with Programming Languages: Python, R, C#, and C++ are a plus
• Ability to travel to customer sites and conferences up to 10%
• Strong critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Effective time management and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Capability to work independently or as part of a team.