System Engineer; Lab Generalist, Customer-Facing

Macclesfield, United Kingdom | Posted on 18/08/2026

• Industry Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
• Work Experience 0-1 year
• Salary Salary + Bonus + Stock Options
• City Macclesfield
• Province Cheshire
• Country United Kingdom
• Postal Code SK10 4TG

Didyou know that every year, millions of forensic case samples go unprocessed dueto poor sample collection and inefficient DNA analysis? This backlog deniesjustice to countless victims and their families.

With over 25years of experience in forensic genetic analysis, we founded Biosecure  these challenges. Our mission is to enhance efficiency, ensure reliability and reproducibility, reduce overall costs, and develop simple touse integrated solutions for forensic analysis to make them accessible and affordable to labs worldwide. Recognizing that no single company could offerall the necessary tools and solutions, we created Biosecure  a strategicplatform to incubate new ideas ("Innovation"), make workflow solutionsaccessible to end-users ("Value Added Reselling"), and supportlaboratories and scientists globally in implementing technologies with confidence ("Enabling Services").

To fill gapsin the market, we partnered with Gentueri Inc for sample collection and workflow solutions, Innogenomics Inc for specialized forensic DNA sampleprocessing, Paragon Genomics Inc for amplicon-based next-generation sequencing(NGS) panels, and with Lab Vine – an online learning and development platform with over 16,000 professionals registered globally with a view to promote their existing courses and to develop new content for Applied Genetics and Genomics Lab professionals.

Our comprehensive services include training, consultancy, validation and verification, automation, andturnkey projects, with a particular focus on the Global South, where support ismost needed.

In addition,Biosecure  Science for Social Good CIC ( (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). ), a UK-based non-profitcompany dedicated to advancing applied genetics through open-source software development (AGOSS® Platform), developing vocational training programmes incountries where knowledge gaps are most visible, raising awareness and education about DNA testing, standardizing sexual assault kits globally, and advocating for DNA as a biometric modality through the Future of Biometrics Consortium in collaboration with the Cambridge, UK-based Centre for Business Innovation (CfBI).

We believe our small contribution through collaboration and sharing knowledge will be asignificant drop in the ocean, making a meaningful difference in the world offorensic science and applied genetics.

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A recent or soon-to-be MSc, MTech, or PhD graduate who'd rather bring a working idea to the table than wait for the "correct" one. You've spent time at the bench, you're comfortable with instrumentation, code, or a spreadsheet, and you like figuring things out alongside other people rather than in isolation. You're not looking for a rulebook — you're looking for a hard problem and a team to solve it with.

You want your work to reach real patients, real casework, real customers, not just a paper.

This is not a narrow role. You'll move between the bench, the systems that support it, and the people who depend on it working.

• Develop and validate low-cost assays and lab workflows — spanning applications from forensic DNA casework to diagnostic tests for cancer and rare diseases — designed to work reliably outside well-resourced labs.
• Build and troubleshoot the systems around the science: instrumentation, robotics, automation, data pipelines, and the practical engineering that makes a bench protocol into a repeatable product.
• Design, build, and maintain robotic and automated systems — liquid handlers, custom rigs, sensor-driven workflows — including autonomous systems that can sense, decide, and act with minimal human intervention.
• Work directly with customers and partners to understand their constraints, translate their problems into technical requirements, and support them through deployment and troubleshooting.
• Operate with limited resources by design — you'll be expected to prototype with what's available, iterate fast, and find the…