Scientist I/Engineer I

Houston, TX 77035

Scientist I/Engineer I

Solugen, Inc. is a revolutionary product and technology company seeking to use biology to transform the chemicals industry. Solugen was founded in 2016 and is a post-Series D venture-backed biotechnology company supported by renowned venture capital firms including Founders Fund, FiftyYears, Refactor, Y Combinator, Temasek, GIC, and Baillie-Gifford. Located in Houston, Texas, Solugen has recently started-up a first-of-its-kind carbon-negative manufacturing facility - The BioforgeTM - that uses a novel chemoenzymatic technology to manufacture bio-based chemistries for a wide range of applications, including water treatment, agriculture, personal care, and other applications. Solugen currently has 175+ full-time employees.

Solugen’s mission is to decarbonize chemicals manufacturing. As a first step, Solugen built its

first 10,000 tons per year commercial plant with potential to offset 37,000 tons per year of

carbon dioxide equivalents. This role will directly support Solugen’s mission by continuously

improving our ability to scale enzyme production to support our core platform.

Recent graduates would have the opportunity to contribute to various areas of the organization.

Some of the areas where there could be opportunities are Operations and R&D. The Operations

area offers opportunity to apply varies disciplines of engineering in the day-to-day operations of

our plant. The R&D area includes but is not limited to strain, enzymes, process development,

heterogeneous catalysis, and polymers. In Strain there is opportunity to assist with experiments and analysis to support the Solugen’s future R&D, production, and revenue goals. This role could be involved with genetically engineering and screening Solugen’s production hosts to maximize their

performance. As the production strains continuously improve, the quality of Solugen’s

products and our cost to manufacture improve. In Process Development there is opportunity to support more senior R&D Engineers with the development and scale‐up of new process technologies, geared towards (i) Solugen’s next‐generation processing and (ii) production of high purity dry products. In the Metals (Heterogeneous Catalysis) there is opportunity support new process discovery and optimization using Solugen's manufacturing assets across the bench scale reactor and lab scale preparation of catalysts. In Operations/Process Engineering there is opportunity to support new process discovery and optimization using Solugen's manufacturing assets across the pilot and demonstration plant scales.

In addition to STEM focused areas there is opportunity in other areas of the organization such

as finance, sales, business development and other administrative contributing areas.

- Curiosity and willingness to learn and ask a lot of questions

- Being nimble, embracing the speed of startup culture

- Passionate for green chemistry and fighting climate change

- Emphasis on safety

- Respect for others

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in STEM focused area or related field

Solugen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for

employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.