Bioengineer for Automated AI-Driven Protein Labs

Userc Dehradun; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptyv is advancing automated biology by developing and optimizing protein expression systems, conducting molecular biology workflows at scale, and integrating protocols with automation. You will work hands-on with cell-free and cell-based systems, DNA synthesis, and high-throughput assays to characterize binding, stability, and function.

The role emphasizes bench work, data-driven iteration, and the push toward automated workflows in a fast-growing biotech setting in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, or a related field. Hands-on depth matters - years at the bench doing real molecular biology counts more than the degree title.
• Practical protein expression and purification skills. You've expressed recombinant proteins and know what it takes to get them soluble, folded, and functional.
• Experience with DNA synthesis, cloning, or assembly methods (PCR, Golden Gate, Gibson). High-throughput experience is a plus.
• Comfortable with data analysis - you interpret chromatograms, binding curves, and expression gels without hand-holding.
• Rigorous experimentalist. You keep detailed notes, design proper controls, and understand why reproducibility matters when you're running hundreds of experiments a month.
• Interested in automation. You don't need to program robots, but you should want your protocols to become automated workflows rather than staying manual forever.
• Independent and resourceful. You troubleshoot using literature, first principles, and experimentation - not by waiting for someone to tell you what to try next.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize protein expression workflows - cell-free expression (PURE, lysate-based), E. coli, and potentially mammalian systems.
• Design and execute DNA synthesis and assembly protocols: PCR, Golden Gate, Gibson. Improve yield, fidelity, and throughput.
• Develop new assays or adapt existing ones for the platform - thermostability, developability, enzyme activity, or whatever the next customer need demands.
• Run experiments yourself. This is not a project management role. You'll be at the bench doing molecular biology, analyzing data, and iterating on protocols.
• Work with the automation team to translate your methods into automated workflows. You develop the protocol that works; they make the robots run it.
• Analyze experimental data, identify failure modes, and improve methods systematically. When 20% of constructs in a batch fail to express, you figure out why.

Skills

Molecular biology

Protein expression

Data analysis

Automation interest

Independent thinker

Education

MSc/PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, or bioengineering

Tools

PCR

Golden Gate

Gibson Assembly

DNA cloning

Job description

Adaptyv is advancing automated biology by developing and optimizing protein expression systems, conducting molecular biology workflows at scale, and integrating protocols with automation. You will work hands-on with cell-free and cell-based systems, DNA synthesis, and high-throughput assays to characterize binding, stability, and function.

The role emphasizes bench work, data-driven iteration, and the push toward automated workflows in a fast-growing biotech setting in Lausanne, Switzerland.