Adaptyv
Lab Technician, Molecular Biology
1mo ago
Europemolecular biologycloningtransformationprotein expressionprotein purification
Run molecular biology and protein production workflows to support protein engineering.
Responsibilities
- We're looking for a skilled Lab Technician to join our Biology team. You'll run our molecular biology and protein production workflows — cloning, transformation, expression, and purification — keeping high-quality, reproducible output flowing to support our protein engineering pipeline. You'll work hands-on with automation and liquid handling, helping turn manual protocols into reliable, high-throughput processes.
- Perform molecular cloning workflows: PCR, Golden Gate and Gibson assembly, transformation, and colony screening.
- Run protein expression across bacterial and/or mammalian systems, and carry out protein purification and quality control.
- Execute QC of constructs and proteins (gel/capillary electrophoresis, Sanger sequencing, SDS-PAGE, and related assays).
- Run biophysical and functional characterization assays — binding kinetics, thermostability, and related readouts — to assess expressed proteins, and help bring new assays online and optimize them for throughput.
- Prepare reagents, buffers, and reaction mixes according to established SOPs.
- Operate and support automated liquid handling and lab automation where workflows are automated.
- Track samples, inventory, and consumables to keep lab operations running uninterrupted.
- Document experimental parameters and results to ensure reproducibility, traceability, and data integrity.
- Contribute to troubleshooting, optimizing, and scaling molecular biology and protein production workflows.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Life Science Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 1 year of hands-on laboratory experience in molecular biology (academic or industry).
- Proficiency with core techniques: PCR, molecular cloning, transformation, DNA purification, and gel or capillary electrophoresis. Protein expression and purification experience is a strong plus.
- Exposure to protein characterization or binding assays (e.g. BLI, SPR, ELISA, thermostability, or similar) is a plus.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to follow and execute protocols with precision.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-throughput environment.
- Experience with laboratory automation or liquid handling systems is a plus.
Other
- Adaptyv is building an automated lab thats let AI agents run biology experiments.
- We're entering the era of agentic science where AI models can now design novel proteins, propose hypotheses, and iterate on experimental results. But they can't run the experiments themselves - that's still a manual, months-long process. We're building the infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.
- We are one of the fastest growing biotech companies, trusted by leading biopharmas, frontier AI labs, and the techbio companies pushing the field forward. This is a rare chance to help advance some of the most important work happening in biotech today.
- Our automated lab is powered by a deep software + hardware stack: lab instruments worth millions of USD reverse-engineered into API-controllable hardware, dozens of devices orchestrated through complex workflows, full observability on everything that happens in the lab, processing pipelines for messy physical-world data, and AI systems that troubleshoot production results and accelerate assay development.
- We’re growing rapidly and are hiring for talented people to scale and support the massive demand for AI-driven wet lab experimentation.
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland (on-site)
- Type: Full time
- Start date: ASAP
- We review applications on a rolling basis.
- We are reviewing applicants on a rolling basis.