Company Description NEVESO is a Swiss engineering company specializing in laboratory and robotics architecture for science-driven organizations. Born from years of experience delivering complex laboratory and robotics programs, NEVESO designs digital, robotic, and automated laboratory environments from early strategy and system architecture to industrial deployment and qualification. Acting as a bridge between end-users and technology, the company ensures that laboratory environments are scalable, robust, and built to last. Role Description The Lab Automation Project Manager is a full-time, on-site role based in Lausanne. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering laboratory automation and robotics projects from concept through deployment, ensuring alignment with scientific and operational requirements. Here are the main responsibilities for this role: Lead laboratory automation projects, upgrades and continuous-improvement initiatives from requirements through operational handover. Define scope, deliverables, milestones, resources and implementation plans. Manage schedules, risks, issues, decisions and quality, cost and delivery objectives. Coordinate scientists, digital and engineering teams, and external suppliers. Translate scientific and operational needs into clear technical requirements. Maintain an end-to-end view of the platform architecture and its equipment, robotics, software and digital interfaces. Review and challenge supplier solutions, quotations, interventions and deliveries. Coordinate integration, testing, troubleshooting, documentation and change management. Communicate project status, risks and decisions to project teams and management. Support robust, maintainable and sustainable platform operations. Qualifications Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, automation, robotics, digital technologies or an equivalent qualification. Hands-on expertise with automation systems and/or industrial machines, including specification, programming, integration, and troubleshooting. Demonstrated Project Management skills, including planning, stakeholder management, risk and change management, and delivery of complex technical projects. Ability to translate scientific and operational needs into technical requirements and system architectures for laboratory automation and robotics. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with attention to detail and a focus on reliability and safety. Effective communication and collaboration skills, able to work with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders. Experience in laboratory environments, robotics integration, or life sciences facilities is an advantage. Natural leadership, clear communication and the ability to federate multidisciplinary teams. Rigorous, autonomous, organized and pragmatic. Fluency in English and French #J-18808-Ljbffr
Lab Automation Project Manager in Lausanne
