Chemist I-III

About the Company

Bluestem Biosciences uses American corn and existing bioethanol infrastructure to produce critical chemicals domestically. Our proprietary biomanufacturing process represents a new, cost-effective way to produce platform chemicals at scale, securing U.S. supply chains and reinvesting in agricultural America.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test bench-scale methods for isolating fermented products and chemical conversion to finished products
• Characterize products and byproducts at each step and evaluate competing processes
• Compare processes and provide recommendations for scale-up
• Support process characterization, optimization, and control for technology transfer
• Collaborate with process engineers to scale up processes

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of experience and education)
• Hands-on experience with small-scale laboratory techniques
• Experience with analytical methods such as LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR, and optical spectroscopies
• Ability to work safely in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills and a self-starter mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Biological downstream process development experience
• Expertise with statistical software (JMP, R, Minitab, etc.)
• Experience scaling processes from bench to kg scale and beyond
• Expertise in organic chemistry
• Expertise in separations modalities such as distillation and extraction