Elegen is blazing a path towards a biology-based economy with a highly innovative approach to DNA synthesis that delivers an industry leading length of 7kb in 7 business days with a 99.999% per base accuracy. Our multidisciplinary team of best-in-class biologists, chemists, hardware, and software engineers apply cutting-edge technologies and methods to solve critical bottlenecks in synthetic biology workflows to help our customers in pharma, biotech, agbio, and biomanufacturing streamline their work and realize the full potential of programmable biology.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and self-driven professional looking to join a uniquely innovative, rapidly moving, high impact start-up. In addition, you will help us establish a strong culture of mutual respect, integrity, and collaboration while working alongside some of Silicon Valley's best scientists and engineers.
We are seeking an intensely passionate Scientist to become one of the founding members of our Process Development and Improvement team.
As a part of our team, this member has an important role in characterizing, developing, and optimizing manufacturing processes for scalable production of complex synthetic DNA using our revolutionary gene synthesis technology.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design experiments, perform tests, and analyze large data sets to optimize production processes for improving product performance (efficiency, throughput, cost, and quality)
- Perform as Subject Matter Expert to support manufacturing
- Collaborate with teams in product and process transfer for commercial scale manufacturing
- Conduct sustaining works for routine manufacturing
- Initiate appropriate change requests and lead change implementations
- Create QC methods and procedures
- Innovate production improvement activities
- Troubleshoot process and method
- Take part in corrective and preventive actions
- Provide on-job-training
- Support working out technical solutions for continuous increasing customer satisfactions
- Authorize technical documents (work instruction, SOP, batch record, training and review slide, transfer plan, etc.)
- Maintain compliance with good documentation practices
Essential Candidate Profile:
- BS, or MS with 5+ years in molecular biology, or a PhD in molecular biology, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering field, with 3+ years of hands-on molecular biology experience in assay, product, and/or process development
- Hands-on high-throughput automation instrument(s) or work cell system with batch process software (such as Laboratory Information Management System, LIMS)
- Experience with nucleic acid purification, quantification and qualification, molecular cloning, PCR, and NGS sequencing
- Experience in developing, executing, analyzing, and documenting robust multivariate experiments (such as DOE by JMP)
- Experience with implementing and troubleshooting processes on liquid handlers and other automated equipment
- Team player with experience of cross-functional collaborations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Candidate Qualifications:
- Experience to support new products initiatives (NPI), continuous process improvements or production sustaining in a biotechnology company
- Experience in applying process improvement methods
- Proficient skills in statistical data analysis
- Knowledge of synthetic biology techniques and synthetic biology applications
Salary and Benefits:
The annual base salary compensation for this role, if based in California is: $110,000 - $125,000, dependent on experience. Compensation may be different in other locations. Final compensation also includes bonus, equity and benefits. Specific offer packages are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location.
✓ Healthcare ✓ Dental ✓ Vision ✓ Learning Allowance
✓ 401K ✓ Flexible PTO ✓ Short Term Disability ✓ Fitness Allowance
About The Company:
Founded and led by Dr. Matthew Hill and located in San Carlos, CA, Elegen is well-capitalized by top life science investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and KdT. The company is advised and staffed by leading biotechnology scientists and entrepreneurs, including Dr. Marc Unger, inventor of the Nanoflex™ valve, and former CSO of Fluidigm. Dr. Hill has a PhD from Stanford and a proven track record of advancing innovative technologies from invention to commercial success. Over eight years in his previous role as VP of R&D at a leading molecular diagnostics company, he co-invented and launched five precision molecular diagnostic products, including a best-in-class noninvasive prenatal test used by millions. These products earn more than $350 million per year in revenue and enabled an IPO.
Elegen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Elegen provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law. All applicants have rights under the following Federal Employment Laws:
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
Top Skills
What We Do
We are now at the dawn of the synthetic biology revolution, which will spawn new applications, markets, and business models, improving human lives in countless ways. This revolution will be driven by new technologies that enable DNA writing at speed and scale.
To catalyze this revolution, Elegen is creating a suite of ground-breaking technologies to achieve DNA writing with unparalleled speed, cost, and quality. Elegen is unlocking the power to reprogram biology and create biologic solutions in order to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.
Founded and led by Dr. Matthew Hill and located in San Carlos, CA, Elegen is a stealth-mode company that is well capitalized by top life science investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and KdT. The company is advised and staffed by leading biotechnology scientists and entrepreneurs, including Dr. Marc Unger, inventor of the Nanoflex™ valve and former CSO of Fluidigm. Dr. Hill has a PhD from Stanford and a proven track record of advancing innovative technologies from invention to commercial success.
