Senior Yeast Strain Engineer - Genome Editing

Archer Daniels Midland Company; Newman; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site wellness center

401(k) with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is seeking a Scientist III in strain development to design, build, and test yeast strains with heterologous pathways for high-impact projects. You will apply genome editing, molecular biology, and phenotypic screening to advance ADM's low-pH platform yeast for improved fermentation performance.

You will collaborate with experts in metabolic engineering, automation & high-throughput screening, genomics, and fermentation, contributing to Design-Build-Test-Learn

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology (or related field) or M.Sc. degree with 5+ years industry experience.
• Understanding of yeast and/or microbial molecular genetics, cell biology and physiology.
• Track record of using 96 well plate methods for molecular cloning and/or biochemical assays.
• Experience interpreting genetic, molecular biology and biochemistry data.
• Ability to use bioinformatics and sequence analysis tools (familiarity with Python or R is desirable).
• Working knowledge of bio-based production and fermentation KPIs.
• Ability to generate, organize, analyze and interpret large datasets.
• Demonstrated success working within inter-disciplinary team.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with both technical and non-technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Design and build yeast strains containing heterologous metabolic pathways and/or loss-of-function mutations.
• Deploy genome editing technologies to efficiently build new yeast strains.
• Design experiments, analyze and interpret data, and report findings on strain performance to link genotype to phenotype.
• Further optimize strain engineering methods to accelerate Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles.
• Analyze and interpret NGS genomic sequencing results (e.g., DNA-seq, RNA-seq).
• Collaborate with automation scientists to transfer manual bench-scale experiments to high-throughput robotic platforms.
• Maintain detailed notes in Benchling ELN/LIMS to enable data sharing and collaboration across project teams.
• Contribute to a team-oriented, positive and safe work environment.

Skills

Genome editing

Molecular biology

Data analysis

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in molecular biology/biochemistry/biotechnology

M.Sc. with 5+ years industry experience

Tools

Python

R

Bioinformatics tools

Job description

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is seeking a Scientist III in strain development to design, build, and test yeast strains with heterologous pathways for high-impact projects. You will apply genome editing, molecular biology, and phenotypic screening to advance ADM's low-pH platform yeast for improved fermentation performance.

You will collaborate with experts in metabolic engineering, automation & high-throughput screening, genomics, and fermentation, contributing to Design-Build-Test-Learn