Senior Metabolic Engineer

1 week ago

Reston, Virginia, United States GForce Life Sciences Full time

Senior Scientist Metabolic Engineering

About the Role:

GForce Life Sciences is a pioneering company in sustainable aviation fuel development, harnessing energy from biomass to create superior performance aviation fuel and carbon-negative bio-rubber. We're seeking an experienced metabolic engineer to lead the development of micro-organism-based chemical production, fulfilling research and development goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, execute, and analyze strain construction and improvement strategies to produce molecules of interest through engineered metabolic pathways
  • Expedite process improvement and optimization with innovative technical solutions for biological product development
  • Develop and document improved methods for novel products to accelerate product development, scale-up, and implementation
  • Apply advanced statistical tools and write experimental reports to support 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 and products produced

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 engineering 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

Preferred Requirements:

  • 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

What We Offer:

  • Direct hire position
  • On-site in Salt Lake City, UT

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