- San Carlos, California, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $137K–$171K per year
- 2–9 years
Seeking a highly skilled and driven Senior Scientist with expertise in Molecular Biology and Synthetic Biology to join the early discovery group, designing, building, and optimizing next-generation genetic payloads for cell therapy and RNA medicine platforms.
Compensation
Salary Range: $136,600.00 - $170,700.00 annually
Responsibilities
- Proactively propose and implement innovative synthetic biology strategies to address therapeutic hurdles in oncology and immunology
- Design, execute, and troubleshoot modular molecular cloning workflows
- Design, transcribe, and characterize in vitro transcribed (ivT) RNA and optimize viral vector architectures
- Evaluate and manage external vendor and CRO workflows
- Maintain clean, traceably documented plasmid archives and map registries
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Immunology, or a related scientific field (2+ years experience)
- M.S. in Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Immunology, or a related scientific field (7+ years experience)
- B.S. in Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Immunology, or a related scientific field (9+ years experience)
- Nice to have: Protein biology
- Nice to have: Protein engineering principles