Job Title:	Process Development Engineer
Company:	LS9, Inc.
Job Location:	South San Francisco, CA
Description:	LS9 seeks a highly motivated Process Development Engineer to assist senior engineering staff in the design, execution, and scale-up of novel fermentation processes to produce biofuels and chemicals from a variety of biomass sources. The ideal candidate will be experienced in media design and microbial fermentation process development, at both the shake flask and at various bioreactor scales. This hands-on position requires a desire and ability to work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, as well as the demonstration of a high degree of flexibility, creativity, and initiative applied to the various duties and aspects of the position. This Engineer will assist in the day-to-day operations in the lab and pilot plant in the development and optimization of new, robust fermentation processes.
Key Responsibilities:	Execution and analysis of critical fermentation process development experiments within the scope of the relevant corporate projects and goals. Experiments will be conducted at a variety of scales, ranging from small shake flasks to large bioreactors. Fermentation and analytical equipment and instrumentation operation and basic maintenance Strain purification, propagation and storage under aseptic conditions Evaluation of various strains to support molecular biologists in their strain development/optimization efforts Evaluation and improvement of experimental methods and techniques to increase lab efficiency and productivity Analyze, summarize, and present experimental results to others in the company to expedite the development of our integrated biofuels production process in a collaborative team environment Keep abreast of current literature and the state of the art in fermentation science and their potential application to LS9's internal projects
Qualifications:	Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering/Microbiology or related scientific field with 0-3 years of industry experience required, or Bachelor of Science in similar fields with more than 5 years industrial experience. Strong expertise in microbiology methods and understanding of analytical methods Excellent verbal/written communication skills Ability to work in a fast-paced and team oriented environment Ability to contribute to collaborations that yield new and innovative technologies or provide support in determining cost effective research methodologies and implementations