What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechatronics Engineer - Advanced Laboratory Robotics position at AstraZeneca?
Be a key member of the Advanced Robotics & Data Orchestration Team, building and sustaining the mechanical, electrical, and control systems that turn instruments and robots into reliable, reusable, push-button workflows for Alexion's Product Development & Clinical Supply organization. Help transform our multimodality product development labs from manual, time intensive workflows, into an automated, scalable, and scientist-friendly ecosystem by designing and commissioning work cells, integrating devices and sensors, and partnering with Lab Orchestration and Data Engineering experts to improve uptime, safety, and data integrity. Help us accelerate life-changing therapies to patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases.
This is what you will do:
You will be responsible for:
You will need to have:
We would prefer for you to have:
In person working statement:
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That is why we work, on average, a minimum of four days per week from the office. We balance this expectation while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Date Posted
22-jun-2026
Closing Date
05-jul-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
This is what you will do:
- Design, integrate, and commission robotic work cells and lab automation subsystems (conveyors, gantry/robot arms, end-of-arm tooling, enclosures, and safety systems).
- Interface instruments and sensors (I/O, controllers, industrial connectivity) and implement verification using vision and sensor fusion where appropriate.
- Collaborate with Lab Orchestration experts on state models, exception handling, and recovery patterns; validate timing, interlocks, and recipe steps on live systems.
- Support material-flow mechanics with Lab Orchestration & Material Management experts (kitting, staging, pick and place, chain of custody).
- Create and maintain electrical and mechanical drawings, requirements specifications, risk assessments, and validation documentation and testing (factory/site, installation/operational).
- Troubleshoot live issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions; improve reliability metrics (mean-time between failures and mean-time to repair, first-pass yield).
- Partner with scientists and operators on usability and ergonomics; train users and provide day two enablement.
You will be responsible for:
- Commissioning work cells that meet safety, reliability, and usability targets.
- Accurate drawings, documentation, and validation artifacts suitable for audit sensitive environments.
- Integration quality (signal integrity, interlocks, calibration) and sustained performance against agreed reliability objectives.
- Continuous improvement of uptime, material flow reliability, error/rerun reduction, and operator experience.
You will need to have:
- Education/experience: PhD 0 years, or MS 4 years, or BS 8 years in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related engineering (or equivalent experience)-including 4 years integrating robots and instruments with control systems, safety, and sensors in lab or industrial automation.
- Hands on experience with motion systems, machine guarding, vision/sensing, and creating electrical/mechanical drawings.
- Strong cross functional collaboration with lab orchestration specialists, software engineers, data engineers, operators, and scientists
- The duties of this role may require periodic work in a laboratory or manufacturing environment. As is typical of such roles, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: lift/carry 15/30 pounds unassisted/assisted; work comfortably in a controlled environment with and around hazardous materials; gown/degown PPE; use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.
We would prefer for you to have:
- Experience with device integration and verification in lab work cells, including vision/sensing for part/sample detection, robot safety systems, and common lab instrument interfaces (serial/Ethernet, digital/analog I/O).
- Familiarity with data integrity and regulated lab practices, and with reliability practices (telemetry, alarms, service level objectives) and structured postmortems.
In person working statement:
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That is why we work, on average, a minimum of four days per week from the office. We balance this expectation while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Date Posted
22-jun-2026
Closing Date
05-jul-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.