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About ATUM: ATUM has a 20+ year history of innovation, headquartered in California. ATUM provides contract research and development services for biologics drug discovery and development. Our scope of service spans sequence optimization through cell line development. We use advanced AI, machine-learning and proprietary algorithms to de-risk and accelerate time-to-market for biologics.
Open Positions
Marketing Specialist
Position Summary
The Marketing Specialist will play a critical, hands-on role in developing and executing marketing programs to promote ATUM’s innovative products and services, including gene synthesis, protein engineering, antibody development, and cell line development solutions. Reporting to the Head of Marketing, we’re looking for a team member who can creatively think outside the box of ways to increase brand awareness and support the team goals, as well as being detail oriented and proactive in executing on tradeshows, events, and other outbound marketing activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Campaign & Content Development
- Events Planning and Execution: As part of ATUM’s outbound marketing activities you will own all elements of our conference and tradeshow calendar. This includes knowledge of tradeshow exhibition requirements and logistics, and a proactive approach to our key physical events.
- Digital Campaign Management: Plan, execute, and optimize multi-channel demand generation campaigns e.g., email marketing, paid search/SEM, social media, and digital advertising.
- Lead Nurturing: Develop and manage email marketing programs and workflows to nurture leads through the sales funnel, utilizing marketing automation tools e.g., HubSpot.
- Scientific Content Creation: support Marketing management to create compelling and scientifically accurate marketing materials. This includes website copy, blog posts, white papers, application notes, case studies, technical brochures, and presentations.
Brand & Sales Enablement
- Web Management: Manage day-to-day updates for the company website (atum.bio), ensuring content is current, SEO-optimized, and reflects current strategic priorities.
- Product Launches: Support the go-to-market strategy and execution for new product and service launches, including positioning, messaging, and asset creation.
- Sales Collateral: support Marketing management to create high-impact sales tools, presentations, and training materials that equip the technical sales team to clearly articulate ATUM’s competitive advantage.
Analysis & Reporting
- Performance Metrics: Monitor, track, and analyze key marketing campaign performance metrics (KPIs) and website analytics to provide actionable insights and recommendations for optimization e.g., using Google Analytics, HubSpot.
Required Qualifications
- Experience managing tradeshows and scientific events.
- 1-3 years of hands-on experience in a marketing role within the biotech, life sciences, reagents, or tools industry.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology), Marketing, or a related technical field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
- Digital Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of digital marketing tools and platforms, including marketing automation, CRM (e.g., HubSpot), and web analytics (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Scientific Literacy: Proven ability to understand and effectively market complex scientific concepts, especially in areas like gene synthesis, protein engineering, molecular biology, or cell line development.
- Familiarity with graphics programs such as Canva and Adobe Illustrator.
- Familiarity with AI-driven efficiency tools e.g., Gemini
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Location: Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to commute to the Newark, CA headquarters.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in B2B marketing targeting academic, pharmaceutical, or industrial life science researchers.
- Familiarity with the applications of machine learning (AI/ML) in synthetic biology and protein design.
Benefits
- Be part of the next gen biotech revolution
- Excellent growth opportunities
- Great Compensation & benefits package
Compensation: $75K – $100K DOE
Associate Scientist - Cell Line Development
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Position Overview
- The ideal candidate will play a critical role in maintaining operational excellence to successfully completing client projects and adhering to deliverable deadlines. This position also involves lab housekeeping, and collaboration with other team members to enhance overall lab performance.
- Key Responsibilities
- Apply a high level of knowledge in cell line development principles to execute and optimize production workflows.
- Independently execute production tasks in compliance with established procedures for the Cloning and Stability CLD workflow in LIMS, including:
- Thaw and expansion of pool or clones
- Single cell cloning
- Stability studies
- Cell Banking process
- Assist the manager with lab-to-lab handover samples to ensure seamless transitions.
- Fluent in LIMS user interface for executing work and reviewing data.
- Perform weekly and monthly maintenance on Vi-cells to ensure reliability and accuracy.
- Operate and maintain laboratory instruments, including Vi-cell, incubators, liquid handlers, VIPS, and Cell Metrics.
- Ensure optimal performance and adherence to quality standards.
- Track quality metrics for assigned processes, compile reports, and communicate results to the Production Manager.
- Execute experiments based on protocols, analyze and interpret experimental data, and contribute to new approaches and technologies.
- Review and edit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to reflect best practices and current processes.
- Demonstrate excellent time management skills by prioritizing multiple tasks across various lab functions.
- Masterfully apply aseptic techniques while working with cell cultures in a biosafety cabinet (BSC).
- Make decisions that impact your own work and have a limited effect on broader workflows.
- Manage liquid nitrogen vial storage and inventory, ensuring proper labeling, organization, and documentation.
- Meet production deliverable deadlines consistently and efficiently.
- Actively perform troubleshooting for production issues and work with the manager and Scientists to identify and implement solutions.
- Drive initiatives related to the continuous improvement of workflows and the development of new approaches or technologies.
- Discuss experimental setups with the manager to ensure clarity on project overviews and goals. Work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objectives.
- Execute research and development tasks as needed to support production innovation and process enhancements.
- Analyze data from production steps to ensure accuracy and adherence to quality standards.
- Address quality issues specific to CLD processes.
- Understands and works on complex scientific issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Decisions frequently impact the entire work group and occasionally the entire project team.
- Serve as a floater in the lab, stepping into various production workflows and tasks as needed.
- Provide guidance and support to team members on best practices and troubleshooting techniques.
- Collaborate with the team to drive continuous improvements in production processes and workflows.
- Collaborate with the team to drive continuous improvements in production processes and workflows.
- Train employees on protocols and instruments in areas where independence and mastery have been demonstrated, ensuring knowledge transfer and consistency in execution.
- Build strong working relationships within the team and across other labs in the company.
- Communicate effectively with management, staff, and cross-functional colleagues to ensure the alignment of production goals.
- Participate actively in team discussions, exchanging ideas and information to improve workflows.
- Collaborate with team members, Team leads, and cross-functional teams, including Bioinformatics (BFX), to ensure smooth operations and resolve issues.
- Participate in project teams as needed to contribute technical expertise and ensure team alignment with project objectives.
- Serve as a resource for team members, filling in production gaps during staff PTO or high production demand.
- Collaborate with Software Engineers (BFX) and staff to improve LIMS functionalities and ensure smooth operations.
- Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise. Adapts style and uses persuasion in delivering messages that relate to the wider firm business.
- Contributes at the project team level within and across functions/departments.
- Demonstrates proficiency in project workflow management.
- Edit, review, and finalize Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to reflect accurate and efficient processes.
- Compile data for process validation, reagent testing, and troubleshooting as needed.
- Ensure production deliverable deadlines are consistently met.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and compliant laboratory environment through lab housekeeping duties while adhering to safety protocols.
- Multi-task across various functions in the lab while managing time effectively to prioritize tasks.
- Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in Cell Line Development or a related field, with expertise in production workflows.
- Proficiency in cell culture techniques and aseptic handling.
- Strong knowledge of aseptic techniques in tissue culture.
- Capable of training others in protocols where expertise and independence are demonstrated
- Ability to analyze data and follow established procedures accurately.
- Strong communication skills to interact effectively with managers, team members, and colleagues.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a team and seek guidance as required.
- Demonstrates independence and adaptability in handling various tasks within the lab.
- Experience operating and maintaining laboratory instruments such as Vi-cell analyzers, VIPS, Cell metrics, incubators, and liquid handlers.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve production issues effectively.
- Detail-oriented and committed to accuracy and quality.
- Organized with excellent time management skills to meet production deadlines.
- Enthusiastic about sharing knowledge and contributing to team success.
- Collaborative and supportive in team-oriented environments.
- Be part of the next gen biotech revolution
- Excellent growth opportunities
- Great Compensation & benefits package
Automation Engineering - R&D & Manufacturing
Overview
We are seeking an Automation Engineer to design, deploy, and scale automated laboratory platforms that enable high throughput biology across R&D and manufacturing. This role owns the translation of biological processes into robust, automated workflows using liquid handling robots and integrated systems. The Automation Engineer will partner closely with scientists, data teams, and manufacturing to deliver reliable, production ready automation that increases throughput, data quality, and reproducibility.
This is a hands on, lab-based engineering role focused on building systems, not running manual experiments.
Core Responsibilities
Automation Platform Ownership
- Design and implement automated workflows for liquid handling, cell culture, protein expression, and purification.
- Program, validate, and maintain liquid handling platforms such as Biomek, LYNX, or equivalent systems.
- Integrate robotics with peripheral devices including incubators, plate readers, centrifuges, and chromatography systems.
Process Automation and Scale
- Translate manual biological protocols into scalable, high throughput automated processes.
- Optimize workflows using DOE and data driven approaches to improve throughput, robustness, and cost.
- Ensure automated methods are reliable, reproducible, and suitable for tech transfer into manufacturing or pilot scale environments.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner with scientists and manufacturing team to define automation requirements and success criteria.
- Work with manufacturing, quality, and facilities teams to support deployment in controlled environments.
- Serve as the technical owner for automated systems throughout their lifecycle.
Documentation and Reliability
- Author SOPs, validation documentation, and technical reports for automated workflows.
- Establish best practices for method versioning, change control, and system reliability.
- Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for automation related failures.
Required Qualifications
Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or a related engineering focused discipline.
- Degrees in Molecular Biology or Biochemistry require substantial automation engineering experience.
Experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and deploying automated laboratory workflows in biotech, pharma, or synthetic biology environments.
- Hands on experience with liquid handling robotics and automation scripting.
- Strong understanding of biological processes such as cell culture, protein expression, and purification in automated formats.
- Experience supporting scale up or technology transfer of automated processes.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in automation platforms such as Biomek, LYNX, Hamilton, or Tecan.
- Experience with scripting, method development, or programming for laboratory automation.
- Familiarity with DOE, data analysis, and process optimization.
Benefits
- Be part of the next gen biotech revolution
- Excellent growth opportunities
- Great Compensation & benefits package