Systems Engineering Technician

The Role

 Entegris is seeking a Laboratory Systems (LIMS) Engineer I for our Burnet, Texas location. This position requires a willingness to learn and the desire to meet and exceed expectations. Ideal candidates are recent graduates with a science or laboratory background and/or laboratory familiar analytically minded individuals.  They will have the ability to work well on cross-functional teams, recognize opportunities and efficiencies in processes, and translate lab practices into a digital system workflow.  The ideal candidate will be expected to utilize their laboratory and science knowledge to understand Entegris analytical process flows and translate these lab needs and processes into LIMS workflows and functions. 

Responsibilities Include: 

• Documentation of laboratory process flows 

• Gathering requirements and compiling documentation related to new or enhanced laboratory processes and/or workflows for LIMS development 

• Maintaining a basic understanding of laboratory instrumentation and associated systems, e.g., Masshunter or Agilent instrumentation software, with a working knowledge of report generation and formatting within the different acquisition platforms 

• Working effectively with cross-functional teams – LIMS, manufacturing, laboratory and quality teams – to identify opportunities for improvement and new enhancements within current analytical processes 

• Maintaining basic master data in LIMS; e.g., creation and modification of existing products 

• Development of entry level LIMS product management knowledge, as governed by established change control procedures 

• Monitoring and providing basic fixes for ServiceNow (service request) tickets 

• Seeking continued education on current data systems and applicable skills 

• Working well with LIMS and other data teams to enhance background and application of programming and process flow mapping & management. 

• Travel may be required (~5-10% time) 

Traits we believe make a strong candidate 

• Bachelor of Science degree any laboratory-focused discipline; e.g., a BS in Chemistry 

• Basic understanding of laboratory processes and workflows 

• Familiarity with analytical instruments and methods 

• Ability to document and diagram process flows and translate lab process into systems requirements. 

• Experience using LabWare LIMS, or related laboratory data systems 

• Experience using analytical instrumentation and a general understanding of analytical principles related to chemical analyses 

• Willingness to collaborate with personnel from diverse technical backgrounds 

• Knowledge of conscientious environmental health and safety procedures related to hazardous materials and workplace safety 

• Excel proficiency 

• Understanding of data integrity, traceability, documentation and change control 

• Strong computer and systems aptitude 

• Experience with databases or structured data 

• Basic understanding of database concepts 

• SQL knowledge or willingness to learn 

• Basic understanding of system configuration, user roles/permissions, workflows and testing