Protein/Enzyme Chemist RA 3 (Protein Biochemistry)

Location: San Diego, California, United States

Annual base salary: $71,000–$103,700, plus bonus eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops diagnostic technologies and products focused on women’s health.

What you will do

• Develop robust, scalable protein purification processes for transfer to manufacturing.
• Purify proteins using column chromatography and filtration techniques.
• Perform functional and physical assays to evaluate protein purity and stability.
• Develop and verify buffer systems for specific protein design requirements.
• Document experiments, curate samples, and prepare process development reports.
• Troubleshoot results, stress-test processes, and present findings to team leaders.

Requirements

• BS with 3–5 years of post-baccalaureate laboratory experience, or equivalent post-M.S. experience, in biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, chemistry, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience analyzing proteins and nucleic acids using SDS-PAGE, agarose gel electrophoresis, UV/Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence-based activity assays, or quantitation methods.
• Experience performing PCR assays with fluorescent intercalating dyes or hydrolysis probes.
• Familiarity with IMAC, affinity, ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, or size exclusion chromatography.
• Experience formulating protein buffers and understanding salts, chelators, biological buffers, and reducing agents.
• Experience with specification setting, method development and transfer, formal risk assessments, and enterprise tools such as SAP, Oracle, Agile, Microsoft Office, and JMP.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with applied research scientists and operations partners.
• Training and continued professional development throughout the career.
• Work focused on diagnostic assays and technologies designed to support earlier and more certain detection of health conditions.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.