Biotechnology engineer

Nyctea, founded in 2020, is a biotech company on a mission to create affordable medicine. A key to succeeding is to improve the purification process which today accounts for 60-80% of the total manufacturing cost. Based on inventions and research from Chalmers University of Technology we are commercializing a new material that enables electrification and digitalization of the purification process enabling sustainable and cost-effective purification of biopharmaceuticals. Our team today consists of 5 FTEs and we have recently begun selling our product to the pharmaceutical industry. We are looking for a Biotechnology Engineer to contribute to the development, production and distribution of our product. Our next milestones are to sell and deliver projects with pharma companies, develop and launch products. To do so we need to scale-up of manufacturing volumes, as well as improve the capability and capacity of our product, while also working towards satisfying industry standards such as ISO and good manufacturing practices (GMP).

Responsibilities:

1. Product testing: Lead internal technical efforts in evaluating performance of products.

2. Product development: Collaborate on projects to improve existing functions and to develop new functionalities and features of products and related problem solving.

3. Product delivery installation and deployment: Participate in the technical sales process to be an interface with customers in providing technical support on-site and/or remotely to ensure satisfactory performance of the product.

4. Communication: Prepare technical reports, document research for intellectual property purposes, and assist in writing patent applications.

5. Quality assurance: Lead efforts in establishing a quality management system for our manufacturing process.

Qualifications:

1. Education: M. Sc in Biotechnology or on-going studies in Biotechnology is a requirement.

2. Work experience: Expertise in practical biotechnology and bioprocess laboratory work such as chromatography, electrophoresis, working with cell cultures, western blots etc is a requirement. Additionally having experience in analytical chemistry and surface characterization methods such as UV-vis spectroscopy, SPR, NMR, electrochemistry is a merit. Experience in working with novel purification methods of biomolecules using electrochemistry is a merit.

3. Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken. Proficiency in documenting laboratory procedures and results.

4. Startup experience: Experience in working on early-stage research, in research groups and in startups is a merit.

5. Extensive Network: Well-established industrial and academic network.