Sr. Automation Scientist Ii
Now a member of AbbVie, the pharmaceutical arm of Abbott Laboratories which has been split into an independent company.Current position from November 2010 - June, 2016Primary responsibility is to manage a crew of three automation scientists who support instrumentation utilized in High Throughput Screening, NMR instrumentation maintenance and the AbbVIe Powder and Liquid Compound Repositories. Support the HTS team by supplying instrumentation expertise.• Design, operation, maintenance and objective quantitative monitoring of custom robotic systems (qualification and implementation).• Scheduling and allocation of resources for the HTS HighRes Biosolutions screening system to support assays across multiple therapeutic areas.• Represent HTS department at all level of decision making as it relates to robotics, instrument software development and instrumentation acquisitions.• Responsible for managing and career development of three associate level scientists • Responsible for writing Requests for Capital Expenditure and management of Capital budgets.