17 jobs for “Biotech Research Scientist”
Alloy Therapeutics UK Ltd Cambridge £45,000 – £50,000 pa
Design and build large-scale synthetic gene loci and transgenic platforms for antibody discovery, using CRISPR/Cas9, RMCE and site-specific integrases. Hands-on molecular biology including PCR, NGS, plasmid construction and flow-cytometric immunophenotyping, within a small multidisciplinary team working from dry-lab design to wet-lab validation.
CureAge Therapeutics London
Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.
Basecamp Research London
Owns R&D extraction workflow development, adapting and optimising metagenomic DNA/RNA extraction methods across diverse, low-biomass and inhibitor-rich sample types, including HMW extractions for long-read sequencing. Designs controlled experiments, transfers validated methods to production and a global partner network, and works in a data-first lab environment feeding a large gene atlas.
Basecamp Research London
Serves as connective tissue across Global Research, Data Science and Science teams, coordinating external sequencing vendors, research partnerships and publication timelines. Owns cross-functional process improvement and tooling oversight, ensuring training data stays synchronised with frontier AI model releases. Reports to the VP of Global Research with dotted-line alignment to the Founding TPM.
Moderna Oxford
Sole-contributor scientist role developing and executing biochemical and molecular biology assays for PK/PD analysis, spanning genomic DNA/RNA isolation, qPCR, ddPCR, RNA sequencing, MSD, ELISA and immunoblotting. Works within Moderna's Clinical Bioanalytical team at Harwell, Oxfordshire, ensuring GcLP-compliant assay qualification and validation, troubleshooting with external CRO partners, and building internal and external mRNA-based bioanalytical capability.
Mytos London
Founding designer role owning all design at a biotech automation startup, from research and concepting through testing to pixel-perfect UI, plus defining company-wide design systems. Works closely with founders, product teams and lab biologists on software for setting up experiments, managing cell batches in real time and analysing data.
Mytos London
Work within the hardware team to develop mechanical solutions for automated cell production systems, refining designs and sourcing parts. Assemble, test and validate complex devices, applying user-centred design and collaborating across disciplines. Based in the lab, with exposure to lab automation, medical devices and robotics.
Helical London
Own the full post-training lifecycle for biological foundation models, from alignment strategy to production deployment. Design pipelines that adapt general-purpose models to therapeutic contexts, build validation frameworks linking model improvements to biological ground truth, and run experiments end-to-end on distributed GPU infrastructure. Collaborate with ML infrastructure and biology teams and contribute to open-source tooling.
Moderna Oxford
Provides hands-on MS&T engineering expertise across drug substance manufacturing and label, packaging and final-storage operations at the Harwell site. Leads technology transfer, process start-up, validation, continued process verification and troubleshooting, authoring protocols and reports as an individual contributor. Works cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain, with on-call or shift coverage as required.
Relation Therapeutics London
Senior project manager role coordinating a multi-year osteoporosis drug discovery programme across target ID, hit-to-lead, lead optimisation and candidate selection. Involves orchestrating matrixed wet lab, ML, data science and engineering teams plus CROs, managing plans, budgets, risks and governance, and translating scientific objectives into integrated timelines and milestones.
Danaher Portsmouth
Responsible for new product development and improvement projects for hardware and disposable devices used in the biotech industry, taking initiatives from spec definition through design, testing and validation to manufacturing transfer. Provides technical leadership on complex engineering challenges, applies 3D CAD design, manages project plans and resources, and reports progress to leadership. On-site role with up to 20% international travel.
Nuclera Cambridge
Formulate, dispense and quality-control reagents for a protein discovery platform, operating lab equipment such as pipettes, centrifuges and UPLC systems. The role covers batch documentation, inventory management via ERP and troubleshooting production deviations, working closely with R&D, QA and Supply Chain in a fast-paced lab environment.
ProTech Recruitment Ltd Dorking £45,000 – £55,000 pa
Owns product quality issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, leading root cause investigations and corrective actions using 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, FMEA and SPC. Works closely with Engineering, Production and Supply Chain on continuous improvement, defect prevention, new product introduction and engineering change reviews, with ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 compliance in a regulated setting.
AstraZeneca London
Finance lead for a designated disease area with full P&L ownership across UK & Ireland in-line and pipeline assets. Drives strategic planning, budgeting, monthly forecasting and pricing/reimbursement business cases, applying AI and advanced analytics, while partnering Commercial, Medical, Market Access and Global Finance. Office-based in London with at least 60% attendance.
Newton Colmore Cambridge
Lead the design and development of next-generation drug delivery devices, guiding multidisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists and designers from early-stage concepts through to manufacturable solutions. The role blends hands-on R&D work — concept generation, prototyping, experimental design, verification planning and risk management — with client-facing consultancy, programme leadership and mentoring of junior colleagues.
Evotec Abingdon
Owns Evotec's in silico therapeutics design capability, uniting computational chemistry, generative and modality design (small molecules, peptides, protein engineering, degraders, molecular glues) and predictive ADMET/safety under one mandate. A newly created unit within the In Silico & AI group with an explicit build mandate: set technical vision, grow a multi-site team, and industrialise repeatable, benchmarked methods across partner programmes.
