
Operations Engineer 1, DNA Synthesis (Weekend Shift)
Job Description
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.
We're seeking a DNA Synthesis Operations Engineer to join our team to execute, improve, and scale our state-of-the-art manufacturing process flows. You’ll apply molecular biology protocols to perform efficient and high-quality lab-work in a fast-paced setting. You will use your excellent communication skills and flexibility to work effectively within a diverse team. You’ll display your breadth by leveraging the technology, software, automation, and instrumentation acumen required by our detailed processes flows. Please note that this position is to be filled at our Cambridge, MA location and will cover a four day, 10 hour per day work schedule (Thursday to Sunday - 10AM to 8PM)
Responsibilities:
- Skillfully execute and help to improve the many diverse ...
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Startups are private companies, but once they IPO they become "public"...meaning the average person has more access to their financials. In the case of Ginkgo Bioworks, it hasn't generated as much revenue as anticipated, but still has a ton of money in the bank to work on different projects (see the news article on ChatGPT for DNA). It'll be important to monitor its performance over the coming months and years to see how the company evolves considering its previous financial performances, but its definitely working on some really cool initiatives that have implications across healthcare, pharma, food, and more. (November 2023)
Jon Lee, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, MBA
Pickle co-founder
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Design, develop, and optimize biological products across industries, including vaccines, meat substitutes, and circular fashion.
MissionTo make biology easier to engineer.
Wow FactorWorking on initiatives across society: food, drug development, scientific research, and more.
Company benefits
- ⛷️ Unlimited PTO
- 🐣 Maternity/paternity leave
- 🏦 401K/retirement
- ✈️ Travel stipends
Pickle is not affiliated with listed companies unless otherwise noted.
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