Senior Bioengineer

Bioengineer Or Senior Bioengineer, Immunology

Indee Labs is a biotechnology startup backed by SOSV, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Founders Fund and BroadOak Capital. The team at Indee Labs develops, markets and sells instruments for more effective engineered cell therapies starting with Hydropore.

Indee Lab's non-viral delivery platform, Hydropore, is a robust solution that overcomes the limitations and costs of electroporation, viral transduction, and other non-viral transfection methods. Hydropore is being developed in collaboration with 3 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, various biotechs and leading research institutions including UC San Francisco, Stanford, Medical University of South Carolina, the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease among others.

We are seeking a Bioengineer or Senior Bioengineer, Immunology to join the team full time to accelerate the biological development of Hydropore at our Berkeley office. Indee Labs is headquartered in Berkeley, CA and accommodates remote work. This position will be located in Berkeley, CA and occasional work travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot cell culture automation work cell
• Manage Hydropore chip and hardware inventory
• Design, execute and analyze experiments independently and with other scientists
• Communicate experimental plans, data, and progress proactively with a distributed team
• Contribute to data analysis, writing and peer-reviewed publication of results
• Document results in our electronic lab notebook

Requirements

• Bachelors with 3 to 5 years experience, Masters with 1 to 3 years experience, Doctorate or Postdoc
• Experience in cell culture of primary human cells and immortalized cell lines
• Experience with flow cytometry/FACS and data analysis software (ie. FlowJo, Excel, GraphPad Prism)
• On-site work at the Berkeley lab and office approximately 4 days per week

Preferred Skills

• Project management experience
• Interest in or experience with biomicrofluidics
• Demonstrated research track record (i.e. publications & patents)
• Primary immune cell transfection and transduction (i.e. enrichment, activation, cryopreservation, etc.)
• Ability to work independently as well as lead others and manage a small lab
• Comfortable creating presentations and presenting data
• Experience with laboratory automation
• Experience with Python and similar languages

The Offer

• An opportunity to develop game-changing tools for engineered cell manufacturing
• Exposure to experts and colleagues around the world
• Work in a highly collaborative environment dedicated to personal and scientific growth
• Highly competitive compensation (ie. salary & equity) plus growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits such as unlimited PTO; 401(k); 100% paid premium medical, dental, vision & life insurance; flexible spending account; remote work; and snacks.
• Regular fun team events you choose during the work week!