Latest Genetic Engineering Jobs

Senior Engineering Maintenance Technician - Packaging

Hands-on maintenance of GMP and non-GMP process equipment at a new mRNA manufacturing facility, acting as first responder to equipment failures and performing preventative and corrective maintenance. Involves troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, vacuum and automated systems, managing vendors, and maintaining cGMP documentation, with a rotating on-call schedule for 24/7 operations.

Moderna Drug Manufacturing

On-site Clearance Required

Maintenance Engineering Manager - Packaging

Lead the technical maintenance and engineering setup of a brand-new Label and Secondary Packaging operation at the Harwell site, from URS and FMEA through commissioning, qualification and validation. Develop preventative maintenance strategies, manage external vendors and build the site maintenance team, working with GMP equipment and digital/AI-enabled engineering tools.

Moderna Oxford

Head of Molecular Engineering, Plant Biology Institute

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.

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford

On-site Permanent

Product Engineer

Staff-level product engineer leading a petabyte-scale analytical data platform built on multi-tenant ClickHouse, spanning database internals through to data-serving systems. Work includes sharding and replication strategy, materialised views, self-healing pipeline automation, and Data-as-a-Service productisation, plus shaping data foundations for an agentic AI layer. The role combines hands-on engineering with line management of a small team and setting platform-wide technical direction.

Genomics London

Hybrid Permanent

Product Manager - Data and Analytics

Owns the transition from discovery to delivery on Mystra, a scientific data platform, breaking strategic initiatives into well-scoped epics and features. Works with scientific SMEs, data services, engineering and design to ensure requirements are scientifically valid and technically sound, running kick-offs and bi-weekly check-ins. Requires fluency with genomic data such as GWAS papers, p-values and effect sizes.

Genomics London

Hybrid Permanent

Director, Forward Deployed Engineer

Leads GSK's Forward Deployed Engineering function for CMC R&D, setting strategy, hiring and mentoring engineers, and owning senior BU sponsor relationships. Personally contributes to strategic engagements building digital twins, physical AI and self-driving lab capability, using AI coding agents as the primary development mode.

GSK London

Hybrid

PhD Studentship: Functional genomics of health and unhealthy fat distribution

An interdisciplinary PhD studentship combining computational genomics at Exeter with stem-cell biology and CRISPR editing at Cambridge. The student will analyse whole-genome sequencing data from large multi-ancestry cohorts, integrate genetic signals with epigenetic maps and AI tools like AlphaGenome, and build iPSC-derived visceral and subcutaneous adipocyte models to functionally test prioritised regulatory variants.

University of Exeter Exeter £21,805 pa

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Research Assistant – Cell Biology (Contractor)

Contributes to the design and execution of cellular and biochemical assays, including arrayed CRISPR perturbation screens in established cell models, and maintains primary and immortalised mammalian cell lines with sample tracking and QC. Runs phenotypic readouts such as flow cytometry, RT-qPCR and ELISA, performs data analysis and quality assurance, and reports outcomes to cross-functional project teams. Based in London wet labs within a matrixed TechBio environment.

Relation Therapeutics London

On-site Permanent

Senior Research Engineer

Builds the data pipelines, distributed training infrastructure, model implementations and evaluation/inference systems behind frontier genomic AI models, working as a full member of the AI research team rather than in support of it. Spans petabyte-scale training data curation through to designed sequences partners can test in the lab, with evaluation treated as an open research problem.

Basecamp Research London

On-site Permanent

Snr Data Scientist, Computational Genomics/DNA Modelling

Develops and benchmarks machine learning models for DNA sequence, regulatory elements and genetic variation, including variant effect prediction and representation learning. Integrates sequence-derived representations with transcriptomic, epigenomic and perturbational data to uncover disease mechanisms and support target prioritisation, working within the interdisciplinary Rosalind team.

Relation Therapeutics London

Permanent

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (van Bijsterveldt Lab)-Generative Biology Institute

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.

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford £40,000 pa

On-site Permanent

Automation Engineer

Provide technical expertise for automation and control systems across a pharmaceutical manufacturing site, covering SCADA, PLC, HMI, servo, vision and field instrumentation on bespoke production equipment. Duties include user requirement specifications, obsolescence and asset register management, OT cybersecurity compliance, CAPA and continuous improvement work, and supporting engineering technicians with complex failures.

GSK Barnard Castle

On-site

VP Head of Therapeutics Design

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.

Evotec Abingdon

On-site Permanent

VP Head of AI

Leads Evotec's consolidated AI Accelerator, owning machine learning, generative and agentic AI, and therapeutic hypothesis groups. Sets the AI vision and roadmap, makes build/buy/partner decisions for the AI stack, and turns proprietary multi-omics and experimental data into predictive models and reusable IP. Acts as the senior external technical voice for AI in drug discovery.

Evotec Abingdon

Permanent

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Molecular Cell Biology)

Postdoctoral position in Professor Claudio Alonso's lab studying the molecular mechanisms of neural development and function in Drosophila. The fellow will use molecular biology, transcriptomics, neurogenetics, optogenetics, imaging and neurophysiology within a collaborative neuroscience department. Fixed term until 30 June 2028, with possible extension.

University of Sussex Brighton £38,784 – £46,049 pa

Contract Clearance Required