Sr. Research Associate- Protein Biochemistry

Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer, Brevant, and Hoegemeyer, delivering performance farmers rely on.

Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.

Vylor is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Senior Research Associate
- Protein Biochemistry to join the Protein Engineering Group. This role will support the design, construction, expression, screening, and characterization of engineered proteins that enable biotechnology and gene-edited seed product development.

The successful candidate will combine strong hands-on laboratory capabilities with computational fluency and disciplined data stewardship. This person will work within high-throughput design-build-test-learn workflows, use artificial intelligence and protein modeling tools to support experimental decisions, and maintain accurate, searchable experimental records and biological entities in Benchling.

This role is well suited for a technically strong research associate who enjoys solving practical laboratory and data challenges, learning new technologies, and working closely with scientists and cross-functional partners to advance protein engineering programs.

Responsibilities
- What You’ll Do:

Execute protein engineering experiments, including molecular cloning, mutagenesis, library construction, recombinant protein expression, purification, and functional screening.

Generate and evaluate engineered protein variants to improve activity, stability, expression, specificity, processing, or other product-relevant attributes.

Operate within high-throughput design-build-test-learn workflows and contribute to continuous improvement of screening, automation, and sample-tracking processes.

Use computational and AI-enabled tools for sequence analysis, protein structure prediction, variant assessment, data visualization, and experimental planning.

Use Benchling to register sequences and constructs, maintain accurate experimental records, organize datasets, track samples and reagents, and support team data standards.

Analyze biochemical, biophysical, and functional data; summarize findings; identify trends or inconsistencies; and recommend logical next experiments in partnership with project scientists.

Perform protein characterization using methods such as SDS-PAGE, ELISA, HPLC, LC/MS, binding assays, activity assays, or related analytical techniques.

Collaborate across protein engineering, molecular biology, analytical sciences, automation, bioinformatics, data science, and trait discovery teams.

Prepare clear technical summaries, protocols, presentations, and data packages for project reviews and development decisions.

Maintain high standards for safety, scientific rigor, reproducibility, data quality, documentation, and laboratory organization.

Troubleshoot experimental workflows, identify root causes, and implement practical solutions with appropriate guidance.

Stay current with emerging protein engineering, automation, computational biology, and AI technologies and help evaluate their application to internal workflows.

Qualifications

- What You’ll Need:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in biochemistry, protein engineering, molecular biology, biotechnology, structural biology, bioinformatics, chemical biology, or a related field, with relevant research or industry laboratory experience.

Hands-on experience with molecular biology and recombinant protein workflows, such as cloning, mutagenesis, expression, purification, and protein analysis.

Working knowledge of…