Microalgae Production Specialist

Job Details

We are looking for a Microalgae Production Specialist to own the day-to-day operation of our microalgae cultivation systems — cultivation regime decisions, culture health, protocol optimisation, and diagnosis of performance issues. This role is the scientific and operational backbone of microalgae production at AmpliAqua.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and adjust cultivation regimes and protocols based on culture performance and production goals

• Monitor culture health and critical biological parameters (cell density, growth phase, contamination signs, culture stability) across lab, pilot, and semi-industrial scale

• Diagnose performance drops, contamination events, or protocol failures and propose corrective actions

• Design and lead trials aimed at optimizing productivity, yield, and culture stability (including for BioCor-relevant strains and applications)

• Own documentation of protocols, deviations, and process improvements

• Coordinate with the Bioreactor Technician and wider operations team on inocula supply, production scheduling, and cross-system dependencies

• Support scale-up decisions from bench to pilot/semi-industrial volumes

• Comply with biosafety and traceability standards

Requirements

What we are Looking for

Essential

• 4–5+ years of hands-on experience with microalgae, microbiology, fermentation, or comparable live-culture production/R&D work

• Degree in biology, biotechnology, microbiology, biochemistry, or related field

• Direct experience with mixotrophic or heterotrophic microalgae cultivation

• Demonstrated experience developing or optimizing cultivation protocols (not just executing existing ones)

• Availability for on-site work in Nazaré

Valued

• Experience contributing to R&D trials or process validation for commercial or pre-commercial products

• Familiarity with scale-up from lab to pilot/semi-industrial systems

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