We’re currently seeking a Senior Scientist to join our extraordinary team.Are you passionate about revolutionizing the way the world eats by using science to create sustainable, air-based protein?Do you excel at characterizing complex microbial matrices and developing novel protein ingredients that enhance functionality and scalability?Are you ready to contribute to a carbon-negative future through groundbreaking research in protein biochemistry?Do you excel at protein extraction and analysis?If you answered yes to these questions, then WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Benefits & Perks:
In addition to the chance to work with a world-class team and cutting-edge technology to combat climate change and address the impending food crisis, Air Protein employees enjoy competitive benefits. We offer Flexible PTO, parental leave, a 401(k) match, and compensation plans that include employee equity. Air Protein invests in employee development, and the company culture is shaped by shared values:
Protect people & the planet
Play as a team and have a growth mindset
Do what you say you will do
Be the change you seek
Create a culture of belonging
Additional Benefits & Perks
Competitive Health Benefits, including ancillary benefits and HSA/FSA programs
Paid Holidays
Stocked kitchen with snacks and drinks
Fun -and useful- swag
Weekly Brown Bag - All-Hands Meetings
Air Protein is an equal-opportunity employer
At Air Protein, we are committed to providing equal opportunities. Because we want the absolute best people, we enthusiastically invite people of every race, color, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability – or any other status protected by law – to apply to join our team. Research has shown that women and people from marginalized groups may not apply for a role if they aren't a 100% match. Please don't hold back. If you think you will excel in this role, but perhaps you don’t tick every box, we'd appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
About Air Protein
Imagine a food company unlike anything that has come before! Air Protein™ is on a mission to impact climate change by revolutionizing how we make food ingredients. Founded in 2019, we make protein from elements of the air.Air Protein is a modern food company, crafting air-based food ingredients to feed us more sustainably, helping to renew the planet’s resources and eliminating the compromise between nutrition, taste, and climate impact. Using novel technology inspired by NASA, we convert elements found in the air around us into nutritious, protein ingredients using postbiotic cultures, then incorporate the ingredients into a broad range of food recipe formulations that cross the grocery store. It’s where cutting-edge science meets bold ambition to reinvent the way we eat.Join our team of passionate scientists, engineers, and business leaders working to transform the future of food with solutions we never thought possible, creating food ingredients that are delicious and more sustainable. Using no arable land and very little water, Air Protein produces a highly nutritious protein ingredient that is free from pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, or hormones.
In addition to the chance to work with cutting-edge technology to help combat climate change and our planet’s impending food crisis, Air Protein employees also enjoy competitive benefits, total compensation plans, and a collaborative company culture. If you join us on this relentless pursuit for more, changing the world will soon feel as natural as taking a breath.
Air Protein is funded by ADM, a world leader in fermentation technology, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Barclays, one of the world’s leading financial institutions.
Check us out in the media, news, and in the community:
Time: America's Top Greentech Companies 2024
JointForces.com: Air Protein Selected for DARPA Cornucopia Initiative
TED Talk: A forgotten Space Age Technology Could Change How We Grow Food
Business Wire: ADM, Air Protein Sign Strategic Agreement to Advance Development and Production of Unique Landless Protein
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What We Do
Imagine a meat company unlike anything that has come before! Air Protein™ is on a mission to impact climate change by revolutionizing how we make meat. Founded in 2019, we make protein from elements of the air.
Air Protein is a modern food company, crafting the world’s first air-based meats to feed us more sustainably, help renew the planet’s resources and eliminate compromise between nutrition, taste and climate impact. Using novel technology inspired by NASA, we convert elements found in the air around us into protein using probiotic cultures, then turn those proteins into any meat imaginable. It’s where cutting-edge science meets bold ambition to reinvent the way we eat!
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