Director, Intelligent Instruments – Automation
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Danaher director advancing intelligent instruments, autonomous workcells, and AI-enabled laboratory workflows. Defining scalable standards, architectures, and commercial solutions across life sciences businesses.
Responsibilities:
- Advance laboratory interoperability and industry standards
- Define and drive adoption of enterprise requirements for automation-ready instruments, APIs, data models, connectivity, and workflow integration
- Evaluate and apply MHS, MCP, SiLA 2, OPC UA/LADS, and ANSI/SLAS standards
- Translate requirements into product roadmaps, reusable interfaces, and testable implementation criteria
- Define and govern the enterprise roadmap for intelligent workflows, autonomous workcells, and lab-in-the-loop experimentation
- Connect scientific workflows, automation platforms, instruments, data systems, and AI into integrated solutions and reusable architectures
- Define the enterprise smart compute strategy for intelligent instruments, integrated workflows, AI-enabled analysis, and autonomous laboratories
- Evaluate edge, local, cloud, and hybrid approaches across latency, security, reliability, cost, and deployment requirements
- Develop and test capabilities using internal laboratories and strategic programs under real operating conditions
- Partner with product, engineering, scientific, and commercial teams to turn validated capabilities into products, workflows, workcells, services, and reusable technology foundations
- Align priorities, investment, roadmaps, ownership, adoption, and measurable outcomes across operating companies and business units
- Engage strategic technology partners, research organizations, suppliers, and industry collaborators
- Report to the VP and Enterprise Head of Autonomous and Intelligent Labs and work within Danaher Corporate Science & Technology
Requirements:
- Experience leading complex technical programs in laboratory automation, scientific instrumentation, workflow software, AI-enabled systems, digital platforms, or related technologies
- Experience integrating hardware, software, automation, data, AI, and scientific methods into reliable products, workflows, or platforms
- Knowledge of instrument APIs, SDKs, and laboratory interoperability
- Track record of translating emerging technologies and internal innovation into scalable solutions and measurable business value
- Experience spanning strategy, architecture, validation, deployment, adoption, and commercialization
- Experience leading cross-functional and cross-business initiatives across technical disciplines and organizational boundaries
- Ability to align product, engineering, scientific, commercial, and executive stakeholders
- Working knowledge of established and emerging laboratory standards and protocols, including MHS, MCP, SiLA 2, and OPC UA/LADS
- Ability to assess standards and protocols for applicability, maturity, architecture implications, and implementation trade-offs
Benefits:
- Health care program
- Paid time off
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Bonus/incentive pay
- Flexible, remote working arrangement
- Remote work from home
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