Director, High-Throughput Strain Engineering

Switch Bioworks; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Switch Bioworks in San Carlos, CA is seeking a Director of Strain Engineering to define strategy and lead execution of the strain and consortium engineering platform. You will drive high-throughput strain engineering and manage a team of exceptional scientists, owning budget and external partnerships.

You will be the technical lead for strain engineering in partner discussions, with hands-on lab work and cross-functional collaboration to connect design-build-test-learn with data systems and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Proven leader who can build and scale scientific teams.
• Track record engineering bacterial strains to commercial deployment.
• Expertise in high-throughput strain and metabolic engineering.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead Switch's bacterial strain engineering platform.
• Direct tool development for DNA delivery, editing and integration systems.
• Define circuit/metabolic strategy for improving strain performance.
• Partner with CBO/CSO to deliver across workstreams for partnerships.
• Collaborate with process development on manufacturability and formulation.
• Identify patentable inventions and plan with regulatory in view.
• Manage team budget and headcount, equipment, and services.
• Lead hands-on bench work while setting strategic direction.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Synthetic biology

Genome editing

High-throughput

Lab automation

Project planning

Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology or related

M.S. in related field

Tools

Benchling LIMS

DNA assembly techniques

ELN systems

Job description

Switch Bioworks in San Carlos, CA is seeking a Director of Strain Engineering to define strategy and lead execution of the strain and consortium engineering platform. You will drive high-throughput strain engineering and manage a team of exceptional scientists, owning budget and external partnerships.

You will be the technical lead for strain engineering in partner discussions, with hands-on lab work and cross-functional collaboration to connect design-build-test-learn with data systems and SOPs.