Protein Engineer — AI Biologics Design, Forward-Deployed

Edison Scientific; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Full healthcare coverage

Parental leave stipend and fertility/f

Mental health support

Job summary

Edison Scientific is seeking a Senior Protein Engineer to join the Forward Deployed team. You will work onsite with pharma and biotech partners alongside engineers and computational biologists, ensuring AI-generated biologics design is rigorous and developable.

You will define benchmarks, stress-test outputs, and collaborate with partner teams to integrate insights back to the AI platform, learning what makes a good candidate and optimizing workflows. This is embedded, client-facing work.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Protein engineering or related field; 5+ years in biologics discovery/protein engineering.
• Track record in protein optimization campaigns across antibody/enzyme/therapeutic proteins.
• Experience with protein design/analysis tools (Rosetta, AlphaFold, FoldX, MD).
• Strong foundation in protein structure-function-stability relationships.
• Experience integrating developability/immunogenicity/expression data into design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and improve AI agent performance on protein engineering tasks including sequence optimization, variant design, stability and developability prediction, and screening strategy.
• Build benchmarks and success criteria for biologics-focused AI workflows.
• Collaborate with partner engineers and biologics teams to deploy AI agents in engineering pipelines.
• Act as the large molecule authority on AI outputs, assessing plausibility, manufacturability and feasibility.
• Collaborate daily with Forward Deployed Engineers and Computational Biologists on accounts.
• Support engagement scoping, success metrics, and technical evaluation with go-to-market.

Skills

Protein engineering

Biochemistry knowledge

Collaboration

Travel ability

Education

Ph.D. in Protein Engineering/Biochemistry/Biophysics/Bioengineering

Tools

Rosetta

AlphaFold

FoldX

Molecular Dynamics

Python

Job description

Edison Scientific is seeking a Senior Protein Engineer to join the Forward Deployed team. You will work onsite with pharma and biotech partners alongside engineers and computational biologists, ensuring AI-generated biologics design is rigorous and developable.

You will define benchmarks, stress-test outputs, and collaborate with partner teams to integrate insights back to the AI platform, learning what makes a good candidate and optimizing workflows. This is embedded, client-facing work.