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
Project Manager (Job ID# 12062020)
We seek a highly organized PhD level scientist to manage projects utilizing our antibody discovery platform (Membrane Protein Solutions).
Opportunities:
- Use your training in science outside the lab
- Have high level involvement and communication with our customers as you coordinate development projects
- Work with senior management to manage the projects from design to final deliverables
- Be a key part of a team that values new ideas, flexibility and has a passion for innovation
- Be part of a growing biotech company launching innovative technologies
- Work in an environment that promotes serious work in a casual atmosphere
Responsibilities:
- Setting and communicating project goals/schedules and milestones to internal team members and clients
- Coordinate with internal scientists, external vendors and partners to meet project deadline
- Construct timelines, track progress and coordinate parallel projects
- Manage the day-to-day detailed aspects of multiple projects simultaneously
- Perform high-throughput screens using flow cytometry for antibody discovery and production.
- Provide expertise for troubleshooting challenging projects
- The position is a mix of project management and laboratory work (approximately 75/25).
Qualifications:
- PhD in cell or molecular biology, protein engineering, drug discovery or a related field with 2+ years postgraduate research experience. An emphasis on antibody characterization using high throughput flow cytometry is desired.
- Experience leading and managing projects/teams involving multiple people is required
- Candidates must be attentive to detail and able to effectively communicate/present at team/company meetings
- Strong MS Office skills including experience with large datasets and R or Python is a plus
- Excellent presentation and writing skills
- An entrepreneurial spirit
Scientific Recruiter (Job ID# 10152020)
We are seeking a Scientific Recruiter to join our team. You will research talent and assist in the hiring process for scientific and administrative personnel. This position offers flexible remote and onsite work. The ideal candidate would be able to commit to this role for at least two years from date of hire.
Opportunities:
- Work with a growing biotechnology company doing cutting-edge research.
- Gain experience developing strategies to source top talent in the biotech field
- Work in a friendly, supportive research environment in University City.
Responsibilities:
- Own the process for engaging, evaluating and hiring top candidates to join our company
- Work with team leaders to develop job descriptions, identify candidates and manage the candidate experience
- Manage the inbound applicant pipeline and identify passive job seekers using a full range of sourcing/attraction tactics and resources
- Provide a pleasant experience for every candidate from application stage to offer while evaluating skill level
- Driving the interview and offer process including reference checks
Qualifications:
- BS/MS in a biological science and at least 3 years’ experience in cell and molecular biology.
- Experience with tissue culture, western blot, DNA subcloning and flow cytometry is required
- The successful candidate will have experience interviewing candidates, a warm personality, be an excellent judge of character and have excellent organizational skills
- Ability to adapt to dynamic and evolving priorities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Research Scientist (non-Bench) (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.
IT Support Specialist (Job ID# 12162020)
We are seeking an IT Support Specialist to join our team. You will provide professional support for IT operations across the company, including network infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, IT-dependent lab equipment, printing services, workstation deployment, disaster recovery systems, and up to level 3 technical support for end users. This is a full-time position (40 hours/week) based at Integral’s offices located in University City, Philadelphia. Integral provides for a flexible work schedule including remote options during the ongoing pandemic. However, on-site work is required for this position both during the pandemic and when normal operations resume. The Integral space has been extrensively reconfigured to maximize the health and safety of those working onsite. Weekend and evening work should be minimal but may be required from time to time.
Opportunities:
- Contribute your skills to a growing biotechnology company doing innovative research.
- Gain experience with a hybrid cloud and on-premise environment, that features both hardware and software.
- Participate in IT strategic planning, helping identify and introduce new technologies
- Assist with establishing strong internal data management practices
- Work in a friendly, supportive research environment in University City.
Responsibilities:
- Provide up to level 3 helpdesk support for all users, which includes troubleshooting efforts for issues involving workstations, office devices, email, cloud resources printing services, user accounts and network connectivity.
- Troubleshoot IT related issues with lab equipment and related systems
- Deploy new Windows 10 workstations and reimage/repurpose existing workstations.
- Maintain and deploy standard office devices such as printers, scanners, and VoIP phones.
- Coordinate hardware repair and/or replacement with outside vendors.
- Manage Windows domain environment including Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and File services.
- Support Microsoft 365 environment including Active Directory syncing, user mailboxes, 365 and Teams groups and SharePoint sites.
- Maintain disaster recovery systems and verify backup infrastructure is working properly
- Maintain firewall, endpoint and physical security technologies.
- Provide user education and train on effective use of technology
- Communicate effectively with a diverse end user population.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field with at least 1 year of IT support experience
- Experience in a Windows 7/10 Operating System environment.
- Proven ability to support Microsoft 365 services (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Active Sync, Azure Active Directory)
- Familiarity with network troubleshooting in an Active Directory environment
- Experience supporting network hardware (switches, routers, firewalls, patch panel and cabling, etc.)
- Experience with PowerShell and PowerShell/Python scripting
- Experience with VMware virtualization technologies
- Knowledge of Azure and AWS services including IAM and virtual machines
Preferred, But Not Required
- 1-2 years of Help Desk experience (Tier 3) providing support both remotely and in-person/on-site.
- Knowledge of Linux based operating systems.
- Python, Java, C++, C# or other programming language knowledge and experience
- Database and SQL knowledge
- 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
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
Ready to Apply? We'd Love to Hear From You!
Please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@integralmolecular.com with the Job ID# in the subject heading.