Biotechnology Jobs in Oxford

• Oxford
• On-site
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the governance, lifecycle management and regulatory compliance of physical assets across a growing scientific and engineering campus. Establish and improve an ISO 55000-aligned Asset Management System, driving predictive and condition-based maintenance, whole-life cost modelling and risk-based investment planning. Manages a team and specialist suppliers; explicitly not a facilities or property operations role.

• Oxford
• On-site
• Entry level

Postdoctoral researchers join an interdisciplinary team fabricating three-dimensional living, synthetic and hybrid tissues for disease modelling, therapeutic testing and organ repair. Openings span cell biology, electrophysiology, bioinformatics, hydrogel science and tissue engineering, combining stem cell biology, bioprinting and device engineering within a group of about 15 members.

Multielectrode Arrays · Calcium Imaging · Optogenetics +4

• Oxford
• Hybrid · 3–4 days in office
• Lead
• Permanent

Provides scientific and hands-on leadership for immunogenicity and ligand binding assay bioanalysis supporting mRNA-LNP therapeutic programs, spanning assay development, validation, clinical sample testing and regulatory submissions. Ensures GcLP compliance and partners with cross-functional teams, with opportunities to work alongside data and AI-enabled analytical approaches.

ECL · Gyrolabs · Reporter Gene Assays +3

• Oxford
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Contract

Designs and delivers immunogenicity and bioanalytical strategies for regulated clinical programmes, developing ADA, nAb, PK and PD assays using ELISA, MSD and cell culture. Works with multidisciplinary teams to validate assays, manage reagents and SOPs, and integrate digital and AI-enabled tools. Site-based at Harwell within a growing mRNA-focused team.

ELISA · MSD · LIMS +2

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Designs and troubleshoots experiments in synthetic chromosome engineering, including centromere design, mitotic segregation and meiotic recombination in mammals and plants. Involves large DNA construct assembly, cell culture, NGS, live-cell imaging and FISH, plus computational analysis, publishing, mentoring junior researchers and pursuing IP and translational opportunities.

NGS

• Oxford
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role developing advanced electronic interfaces, instrumentation and measurement systems for next-generation nanopore sequencing, from proof of concept to integrated multi-channel sensing. Focuses on precision analogue measurement, low-noise picoampere-level circuit design, data acquisition and system integration, working alongside a Senior MEMS Development Engineer and external suppliers.

Nanopore Sequencing · MEMS · Oracle Cloud

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,000 pa
• Entry level

Develops generative protein design models that capture enzyme dynamics and function, designing conformationally dynamic catalysts. Runs computational and statistical analyses, publishes findings, and collaborates with in vivo evolution teams across the institute. Also mentors PhD students and research assistants and pursues translational and IP opportunities.

• Oxford
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Supports the smooth operation of research laboratories through cleaning, equipment maintenance, calibration and inventory management of reagents and consumables. Acts as point of contact for external servicing visits, handles and transports biological samples, and helps maintain health and safety compliance including waste disposal and temperature-sensitive storage.

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Postdoctoral researchers design and execute experiments within the Generative Biology Institute, working at the interface of biology, technology and engineering to make biology engineerable. The role involves contributing to high-impact publications and mentoring junior researchers and students, supported by technology hubs for sequencing, imaging, automation and substantial compute resources. Positions span multiple research groups at a new Oxford Science Park facility.

Mass Spectrometry · Flow Cytometry · Sequencing +5

• Oxford
• On-site
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Builds and leads a molecular biology and synthetic biology function within a plant science institute, setting technical strategy for high-throughput assays, sequencing-based readouts, CRISPR guide design and multiplex editing. Acts as a responsive core facility, coaching scientists on experimental design and integrating with bioinformatics, tissue culture and phenotyping teams. Combines deep technical direction with people leadership rather than routine bench work.

AI · Automation · Microfluidics +3

• Oxford
• On-site
• Junior
• Permanent

Hands-on bench role executing microbial culture, identification, biobanking and broth microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility testing under BSL-2 conditions, compliant with EUCAST/CLSI guidelines. Works within a highly automated reference laboratory integrating robotics and data systems, with scope to help design and optimise high-throughput workflows alongside microbiologists, genomics scientists and automation engineers.

MALDI-TOF · Oracle · Long-Read Sequencing +1

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Forward-deployed data engineer embedded with research teams across AI, robotics, biology and pathogen surveillance, turning raw scientific data into reproducible, version-controlled datasets ready for ML. Owns ingestion, storage, curation and transformation of diverse formats (tabular, text, LMDB/Arrow/HDF5, fastq/fasta, cif) and packages pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, Slurm, Spark or Ray.

Docker · Kubernetes · Slurm +7

• Oxford
• On-site
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Build and oversee plant growth and phenotyping facilities, ensuring controlled, reproducible environments in growth chambers and greenhouses. Hands-on player-coach role covering planting, irrigation, pollination, sampling and harvest, plus pest and pathogen management, GMO compliance and phenotype data capture. Also shapes field trial operations and future team hiring.

Controlled Environment Growth Chambers · Greenhouses

• Oxford
• On-site
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a flagship plant biotechnology research programme focused on photosynthesis, carbon assimilation and nitrogen fixation to boost crop yields and cut inputs. You will coach and oversee Group Leaders, run your own independent research, recruit scientists and postdocs, and drive stage-gated projects toward commercial and IP impact within a rapidly scaling institute.

• Oxford
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Hands-on laboratory role supporting microbiology, molecular biology, sample processing and sequencing within the Pathogen Applications Team. Involves receiving and tracking clinical samples, preparing microbial cultures, running qPCR and sequencing workflows, and maintaining QC and documentation. Suits an early-career scientist with practical lab experience in a diagnostic or high-throughput environment.

Sequencing · Oracle Cloud