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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Eli Lilly and Company is seeking an experienced Automation Scientist to join our team in Boston, MA.

Come join the rapidly expanding Gene Therapy team at Eli Lilly! We are responsible for inventing, characterizing, and advancing novel genome editing reagents for a myriad of clinical applications. Our team works cross-functionally within our organization across multiple disease areas and platforms. Our goal is to deliver on the promise of gene editing to patients around the world.

Job Responsibilities

+ Partner with interdisciplinary teams of biologists to refine existing processes and develop new protocols that will translate readily to high throughput automated approaches

+ Leverage liquid handler programming experience (Hamilton, Tecan, Biomek, etc.) to develop user friendly and flexible automated protocols that work across many models and delivery modalities

+ Demonstrate excellent automation project documentation practices: define user requirements, utilize version control, design and execute pilot experiments, capture pilot datasets in ELN.

+ Meet required deadlines and communicate in a timely and effective manner to collaborators and stakeholders

+ Be a go-to equipment subject matter expert for biologists relying on high throughput capabilities

+ Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills.

Basic Qualifications:

+ Bachelors and/or Masters in engineering, chemistry, biological or biochemical sciences or a related scientific field with 3+ years relevant industry experience

Additional Skills/Preferences:

+ Significant hands-on tissue culture experience working with a wide variety of cell models

+ Significant cell-based assay development experience: i.e. flow cytometry, cell imaging, potency assays, etc.

+ Deep knowledge of in-vitro delivery approaches: transfections, transductions, electroporations, etc.

+ Hands-on programming experience with Tecan Fluent and / or Echo Access Workstation is a big plus

+ Python scripting skills are a plus

+ Benchling ELN experience is preferred.

Additional Information:

+ This role may require up to 10-15% travel for conferences or training.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$70,500 - $183,700

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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