Automation and Robotics Engineer

Performing initial troubleshooting of mechanical, robotic, sensor, actuator, transfer, barcode presentation, basic control, and device communication issues using defined procedures and escalation pathways.

Documenting physical faults, recovery actions, recurring equipment issues, user observations, and unresolved concerns clearly for senior engineers, laboratory automation scientists, vendors, and maintainers.

Supporting small improvements in equipment layout, cable management, guarding, operator access, maintenance access, consumable staging, user prompts, and physical transfer reliability.

Collecting observations on equipment uptime, recurring interventions, service needs, and physical bottlenecks to support later engineering analysis.

Applying basic robot safety, laboratory safety, EHS, biosafety, utility, waste, guarding, interlock, and contamination-control expectations during testing and support activities.

Supporting checks related to emergency stops, guarding, interlocks, service clearances, utilities, safe access, and physical separation between humans, robots, and moving labware.

Working with laboratory automation scientists to understand how physical equipment behavior affects scientific workflow execution, sample identity, labware integrity, timing, and data generation.

Advancing equipment, safety, facility, or compliance concerns early when physical design or handling behavior may compromise reliable automated execution.

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field is required.

1+ years of relevant experience in robotics, automation, mechatronics, laboratory equipment, or academic/internship project experience.

Demonstrated understanding of robotics, automation, electromechanical systems, controls hardware, sensors, actuators, and instrumentation appropriate to the level of the role.

Ability to work with laboratory automation scientists to translate scientific workflow constraints into safe, maintainable, and physically executable machinery, interfaces, and workcell layouts.

Working knowledge of technical documentation, drawings, equipment lists, interface notes, FAT/SAT/UAT records, FMEA inputs, punch lists, and change summaries.

Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, robotic, control, safety, communication, and instrument interface issues.

Awareness of EHS, biosafety, contamination control, service access, guard/interlock concepts, and operational readiness expectations in a research laboratory or regulated environment.

Exposure to PLCs, robot controllers, industrial networks, CAD, simulation, Python, C++, machine vision, or vendor-specific configuration tools.

Exposure to regulated, quality driven, GMP, GLP, GCLP, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or research laboratory environments.

Familiarity with liquid handlers, AMRs, cobots, conveyors, barcode readers, sensors, safety devices, automated storage, or plate/tube handling systems.

Travel may be required for vendor assessments, FAT/SAT activities, site visits, system builds, workshops, training, technology scouting, or cross-site deployment support.

This role supports the transition from isolated automation projects to integrated, reliable, AI-native, and ultimately self-driving discovery laboratory systems. The work helps connect scientific intent with robust physical execution, reproducible data, model feedback, and scalable operational capability.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.

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