Are you passionate about science and interested in joining a world-class research team?
Do you want to be a part of a close-knit, small company that takes an active interest in your learning and development?
We are looking for smart, curious, and passionate individuals to join our team and contribute to our shared success.
What you can expect:
- Serious work in a casual atmosphere
- Collaborative, dynamic learning environment
- New ideas and constant innovation
- Leadership opportunities to enable your career
- Scientifically and culturally diverse teams
How To Apply To Integral Molecular
Current Career Openings
Cell Biology Application Scientist (Job ID# 11252020)
We seek a highly innovative PhD level scientist to act as the scientific liaison between the company and our customers. You will support activities around product understanding and troubleshooting with customers and partners worldwide who utilize our antibody screening and deorphaning (Membrane Proteome Array (MPA)) and epitope mapping platforms.
Opportunities:
- Be a key part of the research, sales, and marketing teams of a biotech company
- Drive the design and implementation of novel product applications to meet customer needs
- Work with collegial, innovative, and intellectually stimulating team members that continue to publish high-quality manuscripts.
- Use your training in science outside the lab
Responsibilities:
- Gain deep understanding of, and practical familiarity with our MPA and Epitope Mapping product lines.
- Proactively communicate with customers to understand the goals and needs of their projects and provide scientific guidance on how to best utilize our products.
- Develop and execute product line webinars/workshops/trainings that anticipate our customer needs.
- Collaborate on scientific discussions with customers to troubleshoot experimental results.
- Act as the ‘voice of the customer” and provide product feedback to research, sales and marketing teams.
- Work closely with research and marketing teams to produce customer facing technical documents.
- Represent the company at global scientific conferences, tradeshows, and other forums.
- Maintain current understanding of company commercial initiatives and strategies by close collaboration with sales and marketing teams
- Take leadership with root-cause analysis to improve customer experience and satisfaction.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have a PhD in the cell and molecular biology fields or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated success and comfort with creation and facilitation of technical programs and curriculums to small and large audiences.
- Extensive experience working with cells, DNA transfection, and fluorescence-based assays.
- Qualified candidate will have an innovative mindset, be a collaborative team player, effective critical thinker, clear communicator, and possess excellent troubleshooting skills.
Finance Manager (Job ID# 11232020)
Our company is in an exciting growth phase where we are launching new products, expanding our team, and reaching new markets. To support our growth, we seek a Finance Manager whose responsibilities will involve launching new products, running businesses, day-to-day finance and Controller-level activities. Projects will be both hands-on and supervisory.
Responsibilities:
Business Management
- Support R&D, Marketing, and Sales units with budgeting and forecasting
- Global business and product line responsibilities, including P&L
- Help launch new products and manage Product Portfolios
- Perform financial and market analyses, including helping develop business plans
- A/P and A/R oversight
- Cash flow management
- Banking activities
- Financial reconciliations
- Budgeting and financial planning
- Coordination with external accountants and auditors
- Coordination with tax authorities
- Oversee Sales processes
- Revenue forecasting with Sales
- Calculate Sales product expenses and profit margins
- Oversee legal documentation
- Coordinate diligence for partners
- Grants/contracts financial management and reporting
- Indirect cost proposals
- Non-profit funding compliance
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in business, finance, or accounting (e.g. BS, CPA, MBA), and 5+ years of previous work experience.
- Qualified candidates should have a demonstrated history of accounting, controller-level activities, entrepreneurial activities, and an interest in learning and growing in an entrepreneurial culture.
- Mastery of Quickbooks, Excel, and MS Office are required, and experience with non-profit NIH grants/contracts management is helpful.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating pricing agreements (contracts), obtaining competitive bids, flexing large volume discounts, and/or structuring long term cost savings plans.
- The candidate must be attentive to detail, capable of effective communication, and able to positively interact with other team members on all levels.
- An understanding of scientific research is useful but is not required.
Part-time IT Support Specialist (Job ID# 092919)
We are seeking a part-time IT Support Specialist to join our team. You will provide professional assistance with the use of hardware and software, including printing, Windows 10 and Office 365. This is a part time position (20-25 hours/week) based out of Integral’s offices located in University City, Philadelphia. Candidate must be available to work 4-5 hour shifts during normal business hours (9AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday). Scheduling of actual shifts during the work week is flexible. Weekend and evening work should be minimal but may be required from time to time. The ideal candidate would be able to commit to this role for at least one year from date of hire.
Opportunities:
- Work with a growing biotechnology company doing cutting-edge research.
- Gain experience with a hybrid cloud and on-premise environment, including both hardware and software.
- Work in a friendly, supportive research environment in University City.
Responsibilities:
- Provide professional support for all users with basic, initial troubleshooting efforts for issues involving workstations, office devices, and network connectivity. Examples of some technical problems include operating system errors, software issues (Office 365 applications), password resets, credentials management, and account lockouts.
- Escalate tickets according to internal operating procedures.
- Deploy new Windows 10 workstations and reimage/repurpose existing workstations.
- Maintain and deploy standard office devices such as printers, scanners, and IP phones.
- Coordinate hardware repair and/or replacement with outside vendors.
- Communicate effectively with a diverse end user population.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required, Associate/Bachelors degree is a plus.
- Experience in a Windows 7/10 Operating System environment.
- Proven ability to support Office 365 and associated applications
- Familiarity with basic network troubleshooting in an Active Directory environment
- 1-2 years of Help Desk experience (Tier 1/2) providing support both remotely and in-person/on-site.
- Knowledge of Linux based operating systems.
- Previous work experience in a scientific laboratory environment (not necessarily in IT support).
- An interest in bioinformatics and analysis of large datasets
Commercial Internship (Job ID# 10052020)
Integral Molecular offers part-time and temporary positions to scientists looking to transition from the bench to business. Our commercial internships are open to scientists with an interest and initial experience in learning the commercial side of science. You will work with our marketing, sales, business development, and product management teams. Projects can include market research, researching new product potential, and strategic planning. Commercial internship positions are flexible in nature, both in time and location. The positions are generally not paid but have the potential to turn into consulting or full-time positions at Integral Molecular.
Opportunities:
Benefits:
- Learn about biotechnology and opportunities in science outside of research
- Work with collegial, innovative, and intellectually stimulating team members in the development of new commercial products
Qualifications:
Scientists with a demonstrated interest in business, strategy, and commercialization are encouraged to apply
- Graduate students and post-docs are welcome (advisor approval may be required)
- A degree or enrollment in a biological degree program at the MS/PhD level is required
- Internships require a minimum of 5-10 hours/week of effort
- Internship projects typically encompass 2-3 months of work
- Successful candidates will be entrepreneurial and self-starting
- Excellent organization and communication skills are required
- Demonstrated interest or experience in business is desired, but prior business experience is not required
Controller (Job ID# # 08312020)
Our company is in an exciting growth phase where we are launching new products, expanding our team, and reaching new markets. To support our growth, we seek a Controller whose responsibilities will involve day-to-day accounting and finance activities, NIH grants and contracts management, administrative activities, and management of sales activities. Projects will be both hands-on and supervisory. Under the supervision of the President and CEO, the Controller will also oversee the supply and procurement cost centers. Integral Molecular supports employee work/life balance with flexible work hours and telecommuting options. This position is expected to require 40 hours/week as a full-time position, or can be structured as a part-time position.
Scientist – Cell Biologist (Job ID# 09192020)
We seek a highly innovative PhD level scientist to help develop and lead projects utilizing our antibody screening and deorphaning platform (Membrane Proteome Array).
Opportunities:
- Drive the development and implementation of new technology platforms to support the development of therapeutic antibodies and vaccines.
- Use your expertise to assess the specificity and selectivity of biotherapeutics going into preclinical trials.
- Discover novel receptors and drug targets for diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and auto-immunity.
- Work with collegial, innovative, and intellectually stimulating team members that continue to publish high quality manuscripts.
Responsibilities:
- Design and execute assays aimed at understanding signal transduction and receptor expression using flow cytometry and other fluorescence-based cellular assays.
- Develop new cellular assays for high-throughput formats.
- Learn and teach new technologies to ensure the company continually innovates.
- Simultaneously lead multiple lines of research for internal and external clients.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have a PhD in the cell and molecular biology fields or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience working with cells, DNA transfection, and fluorescence-based assays.
- Qualified candidate will have an innovative mindset, be a collaborative team player, effective critical thinker, clear communicator, and possess excellent troubleshooting skills.
Research Technician (Job ID# 062319)
We seek an entry level Laboratory Technician to perform vital laboratory tasks to support the continued success of our research teams. The candidate will be part of a lab management team that works in a unified and collaborative manner to ensure the efficient operation of the laboratory.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate multiple tasks with team members to provide needed supplies
- Prepare reagents including buffers, chemicals solutions, complex reaction mixtures and media according to established methods and standard operating procedures (SOP).
- Maintain glassware by picking-up, cleaning, washing, autoclaving, and distributing.
- Perform tasks using aseptic techniques including working within a biological safety cabinet.
- Participate in the general maintenance of all equipment related to the preparation of assay materials and assist in the monitoring and reporting of equipment conditions.
- Assist with inventory management of supplies and solvents by placing orders and verifying receipt.
- Enhance laboratory organization by taking ownership of new requests
Qualifications:
- 6 months – 2 years hands-on laboratory experience
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, medical technology or related field
- Highly motivated individual capable of working independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks.
Scientist – Molecular Biology & Protein Engineering (Job ID# 022320)
We seek a Ph.D. level scientist with protein engineering experience to support our research, development, and commercialization of biomedical technology-based products.
Opportunities:
- Drive the development and implementation of new technologies to support the development of therapeutic antibodies, vaccines, and transgenes
- Use your expertise to work on complex structural and molecular projects in close collaboration with multiple teams
- Work with collegial, innovative, and intellectually stimulating team members that continue to publish high quality manuscripts and invent new technologies
Responsibilities:
- Design, engineer and troubleshoot the creation of protein expression constructs to improve expression, affinity, specificity and immunogenicity
- Coordinate cell and molecular biology projects across teams that implement your designs and test engineered proteins
- Review the relevant literature for target proteins, design and execute protein engineering projects, analyze and interpret data and communicate it across multiple teams
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have a PhD in the cell and molecular biology fields or a related discipline and at least 2-3 years of relevant post-PhD experience
- Strong knowledge of protein structural visualization and modeling, sequence prediction and understanding of protein structure-function relationships is required
- Experience with complex molecular biology techniques is desired, such as generating chimeric recombinant sequences, site-directed mutagenesis, random mutagenesis, codon optimization, and/or gene synthesis
- Qualified candidate will have an innovative mindset, be a collaborative team player, effective critical thinker, clear communicator, and possess excellent troubleshooting skills
Scientist - Virologist (Job ID# 180912)
We have exciting growth opportunities for a talented scientist.
We seek a PhD level scientist with virology experience to support our research, development, and commercialization of biomedical technology-based products.
Opportunities:
- Be a key part of the preclinical drug discovery team as we help develop novel therapeutic vaccines and antibodies
- Use your expertise to study emerging viruses in close collaboration with academic and industry collaborators
- Work with collegial, innovative, and intellectually stimulating team members that continue to publish high quality manuscripts
Responsibilities:
- Work with a number of viruses including Dengue, Zika, Ebola, Coronavirus, Hepatitis C, Chikungunya, and HIV
- Design, develop, and implement assays to investigate virus biology, engineer viral vaccines, understand the function of viral envelopes and characterize antibodies against these viruses
- Plan and prioritize experiments in alignment with company goals and manage projects to meet timelines
- Communicate across the team, with senior management, and external partners
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have a PhD in virology, immunology, cell biology, or a related discipline and at least 2-3 years of relevant post-PhD experience
- Qualified candidate will have an innovative mindset, be a collaborative team player, effective critical thinker, clear communicator, and possess excellent troubleshooting skills
- Experience leading and managing projects is desired
“Friendly culture and sense of community”
Working at Integral Molecular has provided me valuable learning and leadership opportunities in an innovative, supportive, and fun environment. I have been able to grow from an entry-level position to a management position while still being challenged with new and interesting projects. My colleagues make it easy to show up at work with a smile every day! - Rachel Fong, Project Leader
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Please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@integralmolecular.com with the Job ID# in the subject heading.