Robotics Design Engineer Jobs in Connecticut (NOW HIRING)

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:

• 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 whereappropriate.

• Collaborate with Lab Orchestration experts on state models, exception handling, and recovery patterns;validatetiming, 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 andmaintainelectrical and mechanical drawings, requirements specifications, risk assessments, andvalidationdocumentation and testing (factory/site, installation/operational).

• Troubleshoot live issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions; improve reliability metrics (mean-timebetween failures and mean-time torepair, first-pass yield).

• Partner with scientists and operators on usability and ergonomics; train users and provide daytwoenablement.

You willbe responsible for:

• Commissioning work cells that meet safety, reliability, and usability targets.

• Accurate drawings, documentation, and validation artifacts suitable for audit sensitive environments.

• Integrationquality (signal integrity, interlocks, calibration) and sustained performance against agreed reliabilityobjectives.

• 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)-including4+years integrating robots and instruments with control systems, safety, and sensors in lab or industrial automation.

• Hands onexperience 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/degownPPE; 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 wouldpreferfor 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 levelobjectives) and structuredpostmortems.

In person working statement:

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspirelifechangingmedicines.Inpersonworking gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challengeperceptions.That iswhy 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.