Website Helaina, Inc.
Helaina is a team brought together by the belief that health and developmental outcomes of all infants can be improved through nutritional options closest to breast milk. Our team is revolutionizing the infant nutrition space by developing a food product meant to uniquely support babies in their earliest stages.
Helaina’s R&D ecosystem harnesses the power of naturally occurring biological processes in tandem with modern advances in the space of synthetic biology, fermentation, and improved industrial processing.
We are a fast-paced startup looking for our next team member who is intensely passionate about advancing synthetic biology for food and beverage products and redefining the future of nutrition.
In this role, you will work in our New York City lab to support experiments performed by the Strain Engineering and Bioprocess teams. The successful candidate will be a hands-on, motivated self-starter with a strong sense of initiative. You will be responsible for contributing directly to Helaina’s company milestones by supporting and collaborating with all R&D teams at Helaina. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is hungry to work in a startup environment and ready to do the best work of your career.
Primary Responsibilities
- Review and collect data during new product development at benchtop scale
- Prepare chemical reagents and run assays including Bradford assay, BCA, ELISA, etc.
- Help with routine analytical work (SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, and plate based assays)
- Perform method development to analyze quality and quantity of small and large molecule using HPLC instrumentation
- Independently design experiments and analyze and interpret data
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on instrumentation
- Prepare experimental results for internal communication and meetings
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry or related field
- 0-2 years of wet lab experience
- Experience working with HPLC – preferably Agilent instrumentation and Chemstation software
- Experience running and developing plate based assays – ELISA, BCA, enzymatic assay, etc.
- Good laboratory practices, including organized data documentation and presentation, attention to detail, and ability to follow protocols
- Ability to remotely address product development related issues – after hours and on weekends (when required)
- Energetic, creative, and personally motivated by the future of food and/or biological products
- Effective communicator, both within a collaborative scientific team and in communicating science to non-technical audiences
- Can work independently and effectively in the lab without supervision
- Has an “anything is possible” attitude
Helaina is an Equal Opportunity Employer
For more information, please contact careers@myhelaina.com
