Engineering Technician

Cytera CellWorks; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotech company in London is seeking an Engineering Technician to work on impactful solutions in automated human cell production. You will assemble and commission prototypes, diagnose equipment issues, and collaborate within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have a strong background in craftsmanship, soldering, and possess excellent IT skills. This role offers competitive salary, daily lunch coverage, and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary with stock options

Lunch covered daily

24 days holiday

Pension

Office at Imperial College Innovation hub

Qualifications

• Experience in assembling and commissioning prototypes and machines.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve equipment breakdowns.
• Experience in improving machine reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and commission new prototypes and machines.
• Diagnose equipment breakdowns and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with the engineering team for process improvement.

Skills

Fast learner

Excellent communication

High level of craftsmanship

Fabrication experience

Soldering skills

Excellent IT skills

Job description

About Us

You rarely get the chance to change an entire industry. But that's the position we find ourselves in. Join us, and you’ll unleash scientists, accelerate their research, and help get cures to patients sooner.

We’ve developed machines to fully automate human cell production—the most manual process in biotech. Cells are used to discover and develop new drugs, and now they're being used to cure diseases like Parkinson’s and age-related blindness. Mytos will impact cure development across the board.

We're live in multibillion-dollar biotechs on both coasts of the US, and raised $19m to expand into the market faster, and accelerate our development! Next year, neurons grown on our machines will be going into Parkinson's patients' brains.

We’ve assembled a world-class team to take on this challenge, with ex-Dyson engineers and Nature-published scientists working hand-in-hand. You can learn more about your potential Mytos teammates here: Team.

Mytos is backed by Y Combinator, the most successful startup program in the world, which produced companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Ginkgo Bioworks.

Responsibilities:

• We believe that as an Engineering Technician, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more interesting and impactful problem to work on. We’d love to hear from you if you think you would enjoy
• Working alongside our engineering team to assemble and commission new prototypes, our machines, and our fluidic consumables.
• Responding to and diagnosing equipment breakdowns and assembly problems, resolving issues, and actioning repairs.
• Working closely with our engineering team to find ways to improve processes and increase machine reliability and performance.
• Helping shape our assembly engineering culture and processes so that we keep continually improving. You’ll enjoy the autonomy, accountability, and customer-focus that we bring to our work.
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration across the whole team, which includes two Forbes 30 under 30 founders, ex-Dyson engineers, rock climbers, and Nature-published scientists.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You're a fast learner and a great communicator who can support the engineering needs of the team and may come from a variety of technical backgrounds.
• You take great pride in a high level of craftsmanship in the work you do.
• You’ve set up new processes and have fabrication experience.
• You have experience with soldering and preparation of cable harnessing to a high level of quality.
• You have excellent IT skills.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary with stock options
• Lunch covered daily
• Collaborative team environment with very high potential to learn new skills
• 24 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
• Pension
• Office in the Imperial College Innovation hub in White City, where you’ll be based.
• Because of the device assembly aspect of this role, remote-first working is not supported; colleagues must be willing to work from our lab.
• Occasional travel to customer sites (national and international) may be required.

We’re building a team that enjoys moving fast and not killing cells, strives for continuous improvement through learning from mistakes, and is passionate about work that contributes to solving real-world problems.

We get excited about meeting potential colleagues from broad scientific and engineering backgrounds who share our enthusiasm for unconstrained innovation and understanding our users.