About the vacancy
R&D Other
About Your Next Job
Pelagen is producing lab-grown leather for use in fashion, cars, and furniture. Our core activities include tissue prototyping, material analysis and testing, and process scaling. Being a member of our R&D team means that you will work with a group of vibrant and dedicated individuals, committed to the development of ground-breaking materials. The role of a Bioprocess Engineer is to research, design, and develop cutting-edge solutions to push the boundaries of lab-grown leather. You are responsible for conducting experiments, and collaborating with our partners to create and implement these solutions.
About Your Next Colleagues
Pelagen is fabricating the future: where leather is lab-grown without animals. We mobilize tissue engineering, innovative cell lines, and industrial biotechnology to construct high-quality animal materials so that consumers still get exactly what they already know and love, but without the environmental and ethical impacts. We are a seed-stage start-up looking to expand our team with driven experts who can grow rapidly with us as we change the future of sustainable materials. You will play an instrumental role in shaping our company – we offer ample opportunities for professional advancement and personal growth.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Conducting mammalian cell culture
- Designing and executing experiments to scale up cell culture bioprocess for skin tissue engineering
- Conducting cell and tissue analysis using a number of techniques, including various types of microscopy, cell and tissue staining, gene expression profiling, live tissue analysis, etc.
- Collecting, compiling, and interpreting R&D data
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to integrate bioprocess solutions
About Your Skills and Experience
- Experience in upstream bioprocess techniques and bioprocess technology transfer is essential
- Experience culturing mammalian cells in a bioreactor is essenti(microbial cells are not relevant for this role)
- Strong hands-on laboratory experience in cell culture
- Prior experience with automation is an asset
About Your Benefits
As a member of our team, you are entitled to a competitive salary, a tax exchange scheme for commuting to work, 8% holiday pay, and a pension plan. You may also be entitled to participation in our employee stock option plan. We pride ourselves on our spirit of caring and emphasis on team performance. We use cutting-edge technologies to make ethical, sustainable materials and a profoundly positive impact on environmental health. By joining our team, you will be able to grow both personally and professionally, with opportunities for career advancement and access to internal training.
Only apply if...
We encourage applications from candidates who have gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work in this posting via diverse means of additional related experience or formal education. We will assess applicability of additional prior experience on a case-by-case basis. Please submit your CV to info@pelagen.b