Biotechnology Jobs

• Oxford
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a team building software platforms that integrate scientific workflows, AI capabilities, robotics and laboratory automation. The role blends team leadership with hands-on engineering: setting technical direction, organising delivery, designing systems and writing production code. Works closely with scientists, product teams, hardware engineers and AI specialists, with practical agentic AI knowledge required.

• Oxford
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role building AI-driven autonomous laboratories that integrate experimental science, robotics and machine learning to design, execute and optimise experiments dynamically. The scientist develops self-driving workflows, particularly for deployment environments where automation scientists are not readily available.

AI

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

Postdoctoral role in the Liu Lab for Synthetic Evolution, designing and troubleshooting experiments, analysing complex data with computational and statistical tools, and publishing high-quality research. The lab invented OrthoRep for continuous accelerated gene evolution, with projects spanning antibody sequence-affinity datasets, enzyme sequence-function maps, and de novo gene function emergence. Involves mentoring junior researchers and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

OrthoRep

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

Designs and troubleshoots experiments in continuous evolution, engineering orthogonal replication systems for targeted gene evolution while preserving host viability. Involves computational analysis of complex datasets, publishing high-quality research, mentoring junior staff, and pursuing IP and translational opportunities within a new Oxford institute.

• 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
• Permanent

Supports the design, construction and commissioning of new plant science laboratories, greenhouses and growth facilities. Coordinates project plans, equipment scoping and procurement, supplier quotations, deliveries and installation, and maintains readiness checklists and stakeholder communications across research and technical teams.

• Oxford
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Permanent

Hands-on mechatronics role spanning mechanical design, electrical integration, software and control, turning scientific requirements and prototypes into reliable laboratory machines. Works with automation scientists and specialist engineers across requirements, build, commissioning and operational use, applying iterative hardware development and systems engineering to productionise prototypes with safety and configuration controls.

• Oxford
• On-site
• Permanent

Hands-on mechanical design and integration role building robotic systems that automate scientific work in laboratories. You will work across electrical systems, software and control, managing subsystem dependencies and verifying performance at system level from concept through commissioning and operational use.

• 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
• £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
• 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
• Permanent

Designs and executes molecular biology experiments in plant biotechnology, working to stage-gated milestones and contributing to publications and IP generation. Collaborates with cross-functional teams and EIT experts in AI, automation and generative biology, with a focus on translating research into commercial solutions.

AI

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

Lead an independent research group within the Generative Biology Institute, setting the research direction and recruiting postdocs, doctoral students and research assistants. Collaborate across GBI and EIT on engineering biology, genome synthesis and DNA design, supported by facilities including sequencing, automation, bioinformatics and machine learning. Positions span Senior Principal Investigator (tenured professor equivalent) and Principal Investigator (tenure-track equivalent).

Mass Spectrometry · Flow Cytometry · Sequencing +4