GenScript
Automation Service Engineer
$60K–$80K
Piscataway, New Jersey, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ year of relevant engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a specified or closely related engineering field.
About the job
Provides technical support and maintenance for laboratory automation platforms at GenScript’s Piscataway site, including troubleshooting, equipment recovery, and reliability improvements.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, and recover laboratory automation equipment; perform preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Analyze recurring failures, implement corrective actions, and maintain service records and an automation knowledge base.
- Support installations, upgrades, and improvement projects; develop and update SOPs, work instructions, and troubleshooting guides.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a closely related engineering field.
- 1+ year of relevant engineering experience in equipment support, automation, maintenance, manufacturing, or a related technical environment.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting mechanical and/or electrical equipment.
- Experience reading technical manuals, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and wiring diagrams.
Nice to have
- Experience with laboratory automation systems, including Tecan and/or Hamilton platforms.
- Experience with automation components, maintenance documentation, communication/networking, programming or scripting, or biotechnology, pharmaceutical, laboratory, or regulated manufacturing environments.
Pay
$60,000 – $80,000 USD base salary
Tools
Tecan, Hamilton, TCP/IP
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