Biosecurity Engineer
Company Description: Fast growing biodefense infrastructure startup
Job Description: You will lead the development of near continuous biosurveillance infrastructure designed to protect global health. This role involves building automated sample preparation workflows, integrating microfluidic subsystems into deployable devices, and driving end to end product development. You will iterate rapidly to create category defining technology that bridges the gap between biological research and field ready hardware solutions.
Location: Remote (UK)
Why this role is remarkable
- Opportunity to build world first autonomous biosurveillance hardware that directly impacts global health security.
- Join a mission driven team backed by top tier VCs in a fast paced, high stakes engineering environment.
- Deep ownership over the full hardware lifecycle, from technical research to deploying units for early customer pilots.
What you will do
- Develop and automate complex sample preparation workflows, moving from raw biological samples to molecular diagnostics.
- Design and integrate microfluidic and airflow subsystems into field ready devices while managing biological contamination controls.
- Drive technical strategy and system architecture while collaborating on early stage hardware testing and engineering team growth.
The ideal candidate
- Holds a strong background in molecular biology with specific expertise in DNA purification and diagnostic techniques.
- Proven experience developing microfluidic systems, bioaerosol sampling techniques, or autonomous environmental monitoring hardware.
- Thrive in zero to one environments, ideally with experience in early stage startups or as a former founder.