Analytical Chemist Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
The Company
Evonetix is a start-up biotech company which is set to revolutionize gene synthesis. Our desktop DNA platform is based on a novel silicon chip which is capable of the independent control of many thousands of miniaturized reaction sites, allowing massive parallelism of the DNA synthesis process.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced analytical chemist with the experience and drive necessary to develop our world-changing new technology. As a member of the chemistry team, you will play a key role in developing the novel processes required for the synthesis of DNA on scale never previously achieved.
This is an incredibly exciting role at the cutting edge of biotechnology and synthetic biology, based in the world's leading location for DNA research, where you will be working as part of a closely-knit multidisciplinary team of engineers, physicists, surface chemists, software engineers and biologists.
Our technology is moving to key phase of development and commercialization, and you will be leading the development of analytical methods for the interpretation and optimization of flow-chemistry processes such as automated reconstitution, washing, mixing, cross-contamination and reagent activation. You will help to define our QC protocols and analytical best practice for commercialization of our novel reagents. You will also design and execute experiments required to determine reagent stability.
Your Skills and Experience
- Educated to BSc level with several years of relevant industrial experience as an analytical chemist in the fields of process development/pharmaceutical research/platform development or similar.
- Able to generate, record and report analytical data and to define those procedures as required.
- Experience of analytical instrumentation including HPLC/UPLC, LC-MS, LC-TOF, Karl-Fisher, 1H NMR spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy.
- Able to lead continuous improvement of analytical capabilities via training, methodology and instrumentation upgrades.
- Able to design and execute experiments required to carry out in-depth stability studies of reagents.
- Experience of conducting analytical tests within a manufacturing or process environment.
Benefits
Evonetix offers a comprehensive benefits package and an active Staff Social Committee. The benefits include:
- Equity via the company’s EMI option scheme.
- 25 days’ annual holiday.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Option to join the private medical insurance scheme.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Membership of LifeWorks wellbeing and support platform.
- Cycle-to-Work scheme.
