Convergent Research
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
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Convergent Research
Convergent Research develops continuous molecular monitoring technology through innovative biosensors and bioelectronics applications. The organization is hiring protein engineers and bioelectronics engineers to design allosteric protein switches, integrate biosensors with hardware, and advance real-world biosensing from lab to in vivo testing.
View all jobs at Convergent ResearchLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a project where you integrated multiple disciplines (e.g., protein engineering, materials chemistry, and electronics). What were the biggest integration challenges and how did you resolve them?
- Describe how you've designed experiments to isolate and diagnose failure modes in a biosensing or bioelectronics system. What tools or frameworks do you use?