Customer Support Engineer On-Site (West Point, PA)
Azenta Life Sciences
Summary
The Field Service Engineer performs basic/routine customer support activities involving the installation, modification, repair and preventive maintenance of Azenta's equipment and systems generally at customer sites, to ensure proper working order. Works under supervision following established policies and procedures to ensure company and customer quality standards are met. Discretion and independent judgment are required resolving customer issues. Candidate will be assigned to support a specific customer site, region, or product, depending upon business needs.
Job description
What you’ll do…
- Install, modify, repair, conduct preventive diagnosis, and perform maintenance on the software and hardware of the equipment and systems while adhering to Azenta's policies, procedures and work direction of supervisor or shift/site lead.
- Interface with customers to ensure contract SLA & customer satisfaction levels are maintained with terms of the service agreement/provision
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by conforming at all times to Azenta's and customer’s work protocols and policies.
- Attain Equipment Service and Operation Certification on equipment and systems as defined
- Submit reports, such as Service and Status Reports, on all support activities as defined and required.
- Productively react to changing priorities such as Tool or Line down and escalations and support organizational and administrative duties.
- Adopt PoC for both customer and internal Azenta Management.
- Provide weekly system performance summaries that reports number of system events (weekly, monthly, and rolling), issue pareto analysis, and root cause / corrective actions.
- Additional KPI measurement requests throughout the contract period will be considered.
- Assist with sample migration (initial transfer from old format to new format and load into customer Store)
What you’ll bring…
- Associate of Science (AS) degree, technical certificate or equivalent experience is required.
- A minimum of 5 years related work experience or military technical training is required.
- Strong Electrical & Mechanical background.
- Must possess excellent communication skills with the ability to read, write and speak with clarity in the English language and interface effectively with customers and peers.
- Requires excellent systematic troubleshooting skills utilizing a structured and comprehensive process to determine the root cause of an outage, with the ability to handle problems independently and implement corrective action.
- Displays commitment to resolve problems and make independent decisions based upon the priority of the problem in relation to business needs.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record, reliable mode of transportation and able to obtain a valid passport for the term of employment.
- Must be qualified to meet the requirements of background screening by a third-party agency.
- Must be proficient with use of a PC, Windows, and DOS based Operating Systems.
- Oracle experience highly beneficial.
- Be able to use the company’s standard software to generate reports, presentations and document the daily activities as defined and expected by your manager.
- Preferably you live in the Westpoint, Pennsylvania area.
Working conditions
- International travel is required at times.
- On rare occasions, individuals may be asked to be on-call, or work on holidays, or weekends.
- Work in cold environments
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, climb ladders, scaffoldings, and use Personal Protective Equipment.
Requirements
- Associate of Science (AS) degree, technical certificate or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years related work experience or military technical training
- Strong Electrical & Mechanical background
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Systematic troubleshooting skills
- Valid driver’s license, good driving record, reliable transportation, and ability to obtain a valid passport
- Background screening qualification
- Proficiency with PC, Windows, and DOS based Operating Systems
- Oracle experience highly beneficial
- Ability to use company standard software for reports and documentation
- Preferably live in West Point, Pennsylvania area
Company overview
Azenta Life Sciences is a leading global provider of comprehensive life sciences solutions dedicated to enabling impactful breakthroughs and therapies to reach the market faster. Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company operates worldwide with approximately 3,000 employees across North America, Europe, and Asia. Azenta offers an integrated suite of sample exploration and management solutions that accelerate discovery, development, and delivery processes for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and healthcare institutions. Their core capabilities span genomics services through GENEWIZ, cryogenic storage systems, laboratory automation, and informatics solutions. The company provides reliable cold-chain sample management, automated storage systems, consumables, instruments, and laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to support drug development, clinical research, and advanced cell therapies. Azenta's mission focuses on helping life sciences organizations operate with greater speed and precision while maintaining sample integrity throughout the research continuum.