Career Opportunities

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Research Associate who is passionate about microbiology to assist in commercializing a transformative, first-in-class solution. This breakthrough technology was conceptualized by leaders in the field of Synthetic Biology at MIT and Boston University and is now being productized in a lean biotech startup model. By leveraging your bench skills and technique, you will play a major role in bringing this integrated wetware, hardware and software product to market. This is a highly collaborative role where you will be working in an integrated team with all members of our engineering staff. Our goal is to develop rapid and robust solutions to engineering challenges while delivering results adhering to an ambitious timeline.

Novophage is a dynamic startup company at the intersection of breakthroughs in biology, sensors and data modeling and visualization. The company’s mission is to improve the health and safety of global consumers by building integrated systems that can quickly and easily detect harmful bacteria in the food and healthcare industries. Novophage is building the world’s first portable, rapid pathogen detection platform. Our vision is that one day, pathogen sensors will monitor environments the same way we use smoke detectors today.

Qualifications

- B.S. and 7 years (or Masters and 5+ years) hands-on industrial lab experience

- Experience transforming and genetically manipulating non-standard bacteria, e.g. wildtype fermentative or anaerobic species such as Clostridium spp. or Listeria spp.

- Comfortable designing cloning strategies using common software packages (Geneious, VectorNTI, etc.)

- Familiarity with common microbiological techniques desired, e.g. growth characteristics assessment, phage susceptibility.

- Familiarity with molecular biology methods expected.

- Effective communicator capable of sharing progress and challenges in an effective and timely manner to ensure on-track development

- Experience in the food industry (strongly preferred)

Please submit a resume, references and a letter describing relevant training and experience to jobs@novophage.com. We look forward to hearing from you.