Research Associate: High-Throughput Protein Engineering

Ridge Biotechnologies, Inc.; San Carlos (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridge Biotechnologies, Inc. is seeking a thoughtful Research Associate in Bioengineering to join a tight-knit team advancing therapeutic protein design.

You will perform high-throughput protein engineering, run bench assays, and collaborate with biochemists, engineers, and data scientists to translate ideas into impactful medicines. In this role you will document experiments meticulously, analyze data, and help scale enzyme and therapeutic proteins using automated workflows.

Qualifications

• BS with 2–3 years or MS with 1–2 years in biochemistry, biology, or a related field.
• Direct experience engineering functional proteins using high-throughput workflows.
• Experience with DNA/RNA design, cloning, protein production and purification.
• Ability to work full-time at the San Carlos, AZ location with time-sensitive project flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Optimize, produce, and characterize large numbers of enzymes and therapeutic proteins in-parallel via high-throughput methods.
• Document experimental designs and results; maintain meticulous records.
• Analyze data and provide recommendations for next steps.
• Present results to multidisciplinary team members.
• Collaborate with enzyme engineering to modify proteins for improved therapeutics.
• Assist IP development for new protein engineering pipelines.
• Support development, production, and analysis of cutting-edge modalities.
• Drive internal and partner-driven technology projects on tight timelines.
• Support day-to-day lab operations and collaborate with computational team on sequence-function databases.

Skills

High-throughput protein engineering

Lab automation experience

Protein expression & purification

Biochemical analytics

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Biochemistry / Biology / Bioengineering

Tools

FPLC

HPLC

Job description

Ridge Biotechnologies, Inc. is seeking a thoughtful Research Associate in Bioengineering to join a tight-knit team advancing therapeutic protein design.

You will perform high-throughput protein engineering, run bench assays, and collaborate with biochemists, engineers, and data scientists to translate ideas into impactful medicines. In this role you will document experiments meticulously, analyze data, and help scale enzyme and therapeutic proteins using automated workflows.