• The Biofoundry. Lesaffre is establishing the first industrial Biofoundry in France. It’s gathering an international team of motivated, risk-taking scientists and engineers to merge biology, engineering, automation, and computer science to improve microorganism engineering, screening, and selection for a wide portfolio of industrial biotechnology applications (baking, brewing, bioethanol, flavors and fragrances, food and feed, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals).
• The Automation team. As a transversal support team, our mission is to automate, integrate and develop solutions to accelerate the innovation.

In the context of a new position, we are looking for a Software Automation Research Scientist. 

Your main mission will be :

• Take ownership of designing, developing, and maintaining the Biofoundry's software infrastructure.
• Develop custom software for robotic workstations and data automation.
• Develop solutions using our internal development environment and our LIMS APIs.
• Collaborate with other teams within R&D to interface our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with others.
• Troubleshoot software issues, using analytical tools to identify and document defects and participate in root cause analysis.
• Animate our programming community within the Biofoundry.
• Conceive innovative software solutions that enable effective laboratory automation, ensuring the Biofoundry runs efficiently and reliably.
• Participate in the Biofoundry Operational excellence by monitoring and maintaining permanent running services.
• Help other automation engineers for any embedded software development.

• Master's degree in computer science, robotics, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in developing and maintaining software infrastructure.
• Expertise in programming languages such as Python, C++ and SQL (others like JS, VBS or C# are also appreciated).
• Experience with Git, API developments, user interface design, Jupyter.
• Experience in software development in both Linux and Windows.
• Proficiency in databases and statistical analysis software tools.

Skills:

• Fluent English is mandatory.
• Programming languages.
• Project oriented.
• Versatility, autonomy, innovative.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work within a team environment.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.