Bioprocess / chemical engineer

Title Bioprocess / chemical engineer Location London Compensation £40-55,000 p/a plus 0.1-0.2% equity, dependent on experience Posted date 15th March 2020 Closing date 30th June 2020, or when an appropriate candidate is found Start date Full-time from 1st August 2020, or earlier   About FabricNano FabricNano ( fabricnano.com ) is a venture-backed startup. We aim to revolutionise the synthesis of biomolecules - bioplastics, biofuels, fragrances, flavours, medicines, and more. We use nanotechnology to construct multi-enzyme cascades with increased yield, higher purity, and lower synthesis costs. You would join a passionate team at an exciting early stage to help build our culture and initial products.    Role You will be part of a collaborative team developing in vitro metabolic systems. Specifically, you will optimise the activity of immobilised enzymes for high-volume chemical production. Success in this role will be enabled by collaboration with current team members and measured by the reliability of your process for optimising enzyme function.     Responsibilities You will perform experiments, troubleshoot methods, and report outcomes to the team and in peer-reviewed publications.   You will collaborate with biophysicists, chemists, enzymologists and computational scientists in our team and partner organisations.  You will take advantage of opportunities to develop new processes and techniques to streamline the high-throughput characterisation of enzyme activity. You will contribute to a passionate, creative and open-minded work environment.   Requirements Extensive hands-on experience with large scale chemical production, acquired in a PhD, post-doc, or equivalent level in industry. Previous experience with reaction optimisation, automation, enzyme cascade modelling and metabolic engineering would be valued but is not necessary. Flexible and focused team player.   If you’re interested in applying, please reply with a CV introducing yourself and explaining how you meet the requirements. Applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.    Equal Opportunity Employer At FabricNano, we believe in getting as many different points of view as possible - we support and celebrate diversity in our workforce, and we hire and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer.