Vylor Inc.
Senior Research Associate - Protein Biochemist
United States
About the role
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.
We are seeking a motivated, technically adept Senior Research Associate - Protein Biochemist to develop and execute workflows for protein expression, purification, characterization, and high-throughput screening within our Protein Engineering team. The ideal candidate is an experienced protein biochemist who independently troubleshoots challenging proteins, develops fit-for-purpose strategies, and collaborates across discovery teams.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop, optimize, and scale protein expression, purification, characterization, and high-throughput screening workflows for diverse protein engineering candidates.
- Design multi-modal chromatography strategies and independently troubleshoot expression, solubility, purification, stability, aggregation, and sample-quality challenges.
- Execute biochemical and biophysical characterization, including SDS-PAGE, western blotting, analytical SEC, DLS, protein quantification, and related assays.
- Analyze results, identify trends, recommend next steps, and communicate findings through presentations and complete, timely record keeping.
- Collaborate across protein engineering, screening, and discovery teams; mentor junior scientists and provide technical guidance.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies, instrumentation, and workflows that expand the capabilities of the Protein Engineering team.
- Contribute to a collaborative, respectful, and scientifically rigorous team environment.
- Follow all company safety policies, protocols, and procedures and actively contribute to maintaining a safe laboratory environment.
What You’ll Bring:
- B.S. in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant protein purification experience, or a M.S. with 1+ years.
- Demonstrated expertise in recombinant protein expression, purification, and characterization across multiple expression systems.
- Hands-on experience developing chromatography methods using FPLC systems, protein concentration and buffer exchange, and multiple purification modalities.
- Strong proficiency with SDS-PAGE and Western blotting; analytical SEC, DLS, or additional biophysical methods preferred.
- Ability to design experiments, troubleshoot complex problems, interpret data, and work independently with strong attention to quality and reproducibility.
- Strong critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Skilled to work effectively both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience developing robust, reproducible, and scalable workflows and using electronic lab notebooks, data-management platforms, and Microsoft Office is necessary.
**Please note there is no visa sponsorship available for this role.
Benefits – How We’ll Support You:
- Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
- Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
- Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
- Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
- Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
- Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
- Learn more about our total rewards package here - Vylor Benefits
- Check out life at Vylor! https://www.linkedin.com/company/vylorgenetics/
Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.