Opportunity and Challenges
We are looking to assemble a team of best-in-class, innovative and passionately eager people. We want to gather their talents and skills to achieve one goal: unlock the power of “DNA-write.” We offer the opportunity of joining a dynamic, international, and highly skilled team in a pioneering startup. Our DNA On Demand platform not only has the potential to change the way the world makes and uses synthetic DNA, but also to accelerate the rate of discovery by delivering upon the promise of same-day results.
This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and to have a large impact on developing a technology that will have far-reaching impacts across biological sciences.
The Role
We are looking for a talented biotechnology engineer to strengthen the application team. She/he will be participating to the various projects aiming at developing the company’s core technology, qualifying the synthetic DNAs and evaluating their use and performances in multiple molecular biology applications. To perform in the role, the candidate should have a significant experience in multiple molecular biology techniques and should be able to interact efficiently with many different teams, in particular bio-informatics/data science, synthesis and NGS platforms. We are seeking for an individual who is well organized, pro-active, detail oriented, enjoys problem solving and able to work in a multi-disciplinary role.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop and optimize molecular biology protocols for the characterization of DNA Script products, in collaboration with researchers and engineers of the Applications team.
- Define project experimental plans, perform experimentation, and ensure in-depth analysis of data.
- Guarantee a good documentation of experiments/results and ensure a high-quality reporting, oral and written.
- Work collaboratively within the team and with other groups across the company, collaborate with external partners.
- Engage in good laboratory/documentation practice, write Standard Operation protocols (SOP) and enforce correct use.
- Participate to the good organization of the R&D laboratory
- Actively contribute towards critical company milestones with a willingness to work outside immediate area of expertise when required.
Experience:
Essential
- Master’s or Engineering degree in the field of molecular biology, biotechnology or similar.
- 2 to 5 years of experience in molecular biology.
- Strong knowledge of usual and advanced molecular biology techniques: DNA/RNA purification and characterization methods, cloning, PCR, q-PCR, sequencing (Sanger, NGS), gene editing, molecular probes….
- Very comfortable and happy at the bench.
- Experience in working with bio-informatic pipelines, software, data analysis tools.
- Down-to-earth mindset focused on finding simple solutions to complex problems.
- Willingness to work on automated systems (Ep Motions, Opentrons…)
- Excellent organizational, analytical and systematic troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication, reporting and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in English, intermediate French language level.
- Very positive mindset, highly motivated and pro-active
Desirable
- Experience in automation, use of liquid handling systems.
- Basic coding skills or willing to learn on Opentrons programming.
- Experience in nucleic acid synthesis and/or gene assembly protocols.
- Experience in development of innovative processes and optimization.
Recruitment Process:
- Initial screening with the hiring manager
2. Day interview at the office (or remote) with the manager, cofounders, HR and the rest of the team
3. Reference Checks
4. Timing: 2-3 weeks