Avian Technician/Associate

Neion Bio; Village of Farmingdale (NY); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Neion Bio in Farmingdale, NY seeks an adaptable caretaker/technician/associate focused on ethical avian care. The role involves hands-on work with chickens and quail across their lifecycle, with emphasis on reproductive biology, AI, incubation, hatching, and related veterinary care.

You will follow SOPs, maintain accurate records, ensure biosecurity, and support regulatory compliance. The position requires teamwork, quiet confidence, and a strong commitment to the culture of care that underpins

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years experience providing hands-on animal care in a research, small animal clinical, farm or zoological setting, including avian experience.
• Experience with artificial insemination and cryopreservation of semen, egg collection, incubation, hatching, sexing, and genotyping (avian).
• Undergraduate or associate degree in biological sciences or related fields, or equivalent industry experience.
• Extreme attention to detail and strict compliance with SOPs.
• Ability to operate with quiet confidence and as part of a team to promote a culture of care.

Aufgaben

• Aviculture: safely handling chickens in a research setting through development stages from egg collection to hatch and growth.
• Avian Breeding (Poultry): artificial insemination, natural cover breeding, cryopreservation, incubation and hatching.
• Veterinary Care: perform venipuncture, collect samples, ensure lab delivery, provide preventative and interventional care.
• Biosecurity: work in PPE and follow SOPs to protect avian health.
• Record Keeping: maintain accurate animal records.
• Regulatory Compliance: assist in meeting IACUC inspection standards.

Kenntnisse

Attention to detail

Animal care experience

Teamwork

Compliance with SOPs

Ausbildung

Biological sciences degree or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Neion Bio is harnessing nature’s best molecular factory, the chicken egg, to make medicine affordable, accessible, and resilient. We turn farms into medicine factories using cutting edge genetic engineering and stem cell technology. These “living bioreactors” are fully autonomous 3D biomolecular printers that operate on existing industrial-scale infrastructure. Our platform can rapidly and scalably produce almost any protein, provide national resilience to drug shortages and de-risk complex supply chains, and ultimately take advantage of novel biological environments to solve unmet medical needs. Biomanufacturing, reinvented. Medicine, democratized.

Role Summary

We are seeking an adaptable and organized caretaker/technician/associate who is motivated by the ethical care of animals and will contribute to the growth of Neion’s research program. This role involves hands‑on care and handling of chickens and quail throughout their lifecycle, with a focus on reproductive biology in poultry, including AI, hatching and breeding, as well as additional aspects of avian veterinary care for chickens and quail.

Key Responsibilities

• Aviculture: Must be comfortable safely handling chickens in a research setting. Requires working with small flocks at all stages of development from egg collection, incubation and the successful hatching and growth of chicks and chickens
• Avian Breeding (Poultry): Artificial insemination, natural cover breeding, cryopreservation of semen, egg collection, incubation, hatching, sexing, and genotyping.
• Veterinary Care: Carry out procedures, for example: safely restrain and perform venipuncture, collect and process samples, and ensure lab delivery, and provide preventative and interventional care.
• Biosecurity: Must be comfortable working in full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and observing strict standard operating protocols (SOPs) to protect avian health
• Culture of Care: Contribute to ensuring the health and environmental, nutritional and social enrichment of our flocks
• Record Keeping: Maintain timely and accurate animal records
• Regulatory Compliance: Help to ensure that research areas and records meet and exceed IACUC inspection compliance

Key Attributes and Qualifications

• 4+ years experience providing hands‑on animal care in a research, small animal clinical, farm or zoological setting is critical, including direct hands‑on avian experience
• Prior experience doing artificial insemination and cryopreservation of semen, as well incubating and hatching eggs and raising chickens
• Undergraduate or an associate degree in biological sciences or related fields, or equivalent industry experience
• Extreme attention to detail is critical, as well as strict compliance with SOPs and are followed and documented
• Ability to operate with quiet confidence and competence, individually and as part of a team to promote a culture of care

Why Neion Bio?

We are on a mission to reimagine the way in which complex biological molecules are produced to transform human health. At Neion Bio you will play a pivotal role in an early‑stage, fast‑growing company, working alongside leading scientists and entrepreneurs. You will have the opportunity to participate in the enormous potential upside while having a huge impact on the world.

This is a rare opportunity to work at the center of a highly ambitious biotechnology company and help build the operating foundation for a new category of medicine manufacturing.

Compensation: base salary is expected to be $60-80K depending on experience, with additional bonus compensation, equity compensation, and other benefits.