Fermentation Technician

**Your mission**:

- Sustain and grow our internal fungal strain bank
- Prepare inoculum and supervise seed lines for fermentation runs
- Prepare relevant media and precultures for diverse R&D experiments
- Set-up reactors / fermenters for trials from lab to pilot scale
- Take and process samples from fermentation trials to gain knowledge from every fermentation runs
- Write, review and update SOPs to consolidate internal know-how and ensure structured and reproducible workflows
- Support in maintaining and fixing laboratory equipment

**Your profile**:

- Training as BTA or BSc with focus on Bioengineering, Process engineering or equivalent
- Fundamental experience working in a lab and pilot environment
- Fundamental experience running fermentation and biocatalysis trials at different scale
- Hands-on, flexible and pragmatic mindset
- Familiar with analytical methods such as UV-vis, HPLC, GC-MS, cell dry weight measurement, etc..
- Familiar with general safety guidelines and working protocols pertaining to the work in a biological and chemical lab
- Effective team player with a solution-oriented mindset
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc ) and other device-specific software relevant in a lab environment
- Fluent in English and German

**Our Benefits**:

- Firstly, join us in the journey as we change the food system as we know it
- Dynamic and diverse mission-driven team from 25 different countries
- A fast growing company with opportunities for personal development
- Flexible working hours with Home Office days in an innovative and agile working environment
- Monthly benefits through gym membership, Benefitsy and language classes
- Flat hierarchies, short decision paths and a high level of autonomy over your projects
- Great team events such as “lunch & learn”, “Demo Day”, cultural celebrations and food tastings
- Drinks, cereal bar and fresh fruit at the office and our home products tasting session for new employees
- Subsidised public transportation ticket (Deutschlandticket)

**About us**:
Infinite Roots® (formerly Mushlabs) is a biotech company from Hamburg, Germany. We tackle one of the world’s biggest challenges with a single, microscopic solution: Mycelium. Our team of 60+ people from 25 different nationalities, 55% female and with 10 PhDs, has one mission: to cultivate food in a way that sustains our planet and its growing population.

We are a diverse team of scientists, industry experts, and business evangelists. We love what we do and enjoy working in a high growth and ambitious environment. We move fast and hire great people to take on exciting responsibilities. Join us if you are looking for a great opportunity to learn, grow, and have fun while changing the future of food.