Senior Metabolic Engineer

5 months ago


Salt Lake City, United States GForce Life Sciences Full time

Summary

Our client is actively engaged in solving transformative problems and working on a wide range of topics including advanced battery technology, carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion to fuels/ chemicals, advanced catalysis, new energy processes, biomass conversion, fuel cells, and energy efficiency. They are seeking an experienced metabolic engineer to lead the development of micro-organism-based chemical production fulfilling the research and development goals of the company. The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge and experience with metabolic engineering to produce high-value biological products. The candidate will be responsible for strain improvement, independent design, and construction in the laboratory based on a strong command of biochemical engineering principles.


Duties / Expectations of Role

  • Design, execute, and analyze strain construction and strain improvement strategies to produce molecules of interest through engineered metabolic pathways.
  • Expedite process improvement and optimization with innovative technical solutions for the development of biological products.
  • Develop and document improved methods for novel products of CJ to accelerate product development, scale-up, and implementation.
  • Apply advanced statistical tools and write experimental reports for supporting business and R&D needs.
  • Use technical writing expertise to author proposals and reports for internal and external research clients.
  • Design and execute analytical protocols to quantify and qualify cultured organisms as well as products produced.


Mandatory Requirements

  • PhD degree in molecular biology, biotechnology, chemical engineering, or related discipline
  • 3+ years of experience (post-PhD) working in academic and/or industrial research laboratories.
  • Prior experience in the engineering of metabolic pathways in microorganisms
  • Experience with common molecular biology techniques: SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, PCR, transformation, plasmid construction, etc.
  • Experience with advanced molecular biology techniques: Whole plasmid sequencing, pathway balancing, genomic integration, construction of metabolic circuits etc.
  • Experience with analytical instruments including GC and HPLC
  • Demonstrated expertise in balancing metabolic pathways.
  • Experience in industrial strain improvement.
  • Experience in engineering industrial microbial organisms outside of E. coli.
  • Demonstrated excellent written communication skills through intellectual property authorship or funded grant applications.


Term & Start

  • Direct hire position
  • On-site 5 days a week in Salt Lake City, UT at a state-of-the-art facility


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