Bio Process Engineer

About the Company:

Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd. is a pioneering Indian biotech company specializing in sustainable solutions in the areas of food, feed, and fuel research. Leveraging cultivated seaweed biomass as a raw material, we have developed automated technologies for large-scale seaweed cultivation. Our innovations include commercialized bio-stimulant products that enhance plant growth and yield.

Applications are invited from candidates with expertise in biochemical engineering or bioprocess engineering for a Bioprocess engineer position at Sea6Energy Pvt Ltd., Bangalore. We, at Sea6 Energy, work with marine macroalgal biomass to develop novel sustainable solutions in the research areas of food, feed and fuel. The person will be responsible for the execution and analysis of research projects related to the improvement of seaweed processing and extraction. The candidate will be part of the interdisciplinary team between R&D and manufacturing teams. A working knowledge of process design of purification and the characterization of active ingredients from natural resources/microbes/seaweed sources towards the development of agro formulations / bio stimulants will be prioritized. The candidate should have an ability to independently execute, analyse, interpret experimental results to compile reports/presentations to discuss in the internal and external meetings.

Education qualifications: MS degree (by research) / MTech degree (biochemical/bioprocess/chemical engineering) with at least 2 years of research experience or a BTech degree with about 3-4 years of work experience in the below mentioned area is desired.

Responsibilities:

Process development for new products and improving the process/formulation conditions for existing products.

Planning and execution on unit operations like hydrolysis, extraction, evaporation and spray drying.

Microbial fermentation, downstream processing operations.

Focusing on process troubleshooting, cost optimization and alternate process conditions explorations.

Data analysis and reporting.

Coordinate analysis with third party laboratory providing services such as mass spectrometry, ICP-OES etc.

Experience in carrying out experiments involving spectrophotometry and chromatographic techniques- HPLC, FTIR, estimation of chemical components of a complex mixture, liquid-liquid extractions, solid-liquid extractions etc.