Sr. Research Associate- Protein Biochemistry

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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.

• 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.

• 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…