Senior Scientist, Metabolic Engineering

3 weeks 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.

Duties / Expectations of Role:

Our client is seeking an experienced metabolic engineer for leading the development of micro-organism-based chemical production fulfilling 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.
  • Design, execute and analyze strain construction and strain improvement strategies to produce molecules of interest through engineered metabolic pathways
  • Expedite the process improvement and optimization with innovative technical solutions for 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 laboratory
  • 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 of 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- salary range $105k- $125k
  • On-site 5 days a week in Salt Lake City, UT at a state-of-the-art facility


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