Bioelectronics Engineer, Wetware & Biosensor Integration

About this role

Join Melody, a nonprofit research organization in Pasadena pioneering continuous molecular monitoring technology, as a Bioelectronics Engineer. You'll lead the integration of protein biosensors with device hardware and materials, designing experiments that advance real-world biosensing applications from lab to in vivo testing.

What you'll do

• Lead wetware integration strategy across biosensor proteins, surface chemistry, hydrogels, membranes, and readout hardware
• Design diagnostic experiments to isolate biosensor performance issues from material and system failures
• Execute directed evolution workflows and guide protein design based on experimental results
• Synthesize or adapt materials for bioelectronics interfaces and merge them with novel device hardware
• Help automate fabrication and assay workflows using robotics systems
• Set up foundry experimentation infrastructure with tight feedback loops for protein engineering

What they're looking for

• Protein engineering and expression/purification
• Bioconjugation and surface chemistry
• Optical and electrochemical biosensing
• Hydrogels and biomaterials design
• Custom instrumentation building for biophysics and electrochemistry
• Experimental design under real-world constraints
• Cross-disciplinary technical communication
• Data analysis scripting and lab automation

Benefits

• Work on mission-driven public health research at an early-stage nonprofit
• Opportunity to own projects end-to-end from protein to in vivo studies
• Collaborate with team spanning protein engineering, materials science, hardware, and software
• Located in Pasadena with ties to Caltech and Janelia research community