Pivot Bio is pioneering game-changing advances in fertilizer technology by harnessing the power of naturally-occurring microbes, modern gene editing and application technologies to provide nitrogen to crops, aiming to provide new solutions for farmers to improve yield and help feed the world's growing population.
Requirements
- passion and solid working knowledge of fermentation processes and operating equipment, including high-throughput, multi-parallel (e.g., Sartorius ambr250), and/or bench-scale fermentation systems
- Familiarity with centrifugation and/or tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems
- laboratory automation
- LIMS systems
- working knowledge of microbiology and chemistry
Responsibilities
- Working in a fermentation and downstream laboratory setting with minimal supervision
- Operate and maintain lab-scale fermentation systems
- Prepare end of fermentation samples for live cells separation and drying
- Plate and count microbes using aseptic technique, automated dilution and counting methods
- Collect, enter, and analyze fermentation data in LIMS systems
- Attend and present data in R&D meetings
Other
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a fast-paced industry fermentation lab environment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently, ask good questions, and recognize anomalies
- Can-do attitude, strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Open mind for learning and contributing across fermentation and downstream process development
- Must Be Authorized to Work in the United States
