Bioinformatics and in silico Protein Design Specialist

Valencia

Full-time

Permanent employee

Your mission

We are looking to incorporate a new team member into our Biotechnology Department, within the Technologies area.

What will your day-to-day look like?

You will take part in projects (from preparation to execution) as a Researcher or as a member of a Research Group in the field of Biotechnology, carrying out tasks such as:

Advisory services for external and internal clients in the field of biotechnology.
Preparation and execution of R&D&I projects.
Preparation of technical reports.
Client visits and meetings.
Participation in outreach activities and national and international events.
Participation in training activities.
Preparation of project proposals.

Your profile

High analytical skills, organisation, planning, initiative, creativity, leadership, flexibility, adaptation to changes, customer orientation, teamwork and vocation for people (cooperation and empathy) are elements that we look for in any position at AIMPLAS.

Required Education

University degree at postgraduate level, preferably a Master’s degree in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biology, Bioinformatics, or related fields.

Additional Training

Master’s degree in Polymer and Composite Materials Technologies.
Proven high level of English and Spanish.

Desirable Experience

Structural bioinformatics and protein sequence analysis.
In silico protein or enzyme design and modification (rational mutagenesis, optimization of stability, activity, or expression).
Production of recombinant proteins in the laboratory.
Purification and basic characterization of proteins.
Computational tools for enzyme identification and improvement.
Identification and characterization of enzymes using bioinformatics tools.
Use of bioinformatics tools and specialized software.
Experience in R&D&I projects within biotechnological environments.

We firmly believe that Diversity and Inclusion management provides us with different approaches, perspectives and complementary points of view, encouraging each person to develop their full potential, contributing the best of themselves and allowing us to be a more innovative and sustainable company.

Applications from people with a certificate of disability equal to or greater than 33% will be positively assessed, in compliance with the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion (LGD).

About us

AIMPLAS is a Technological Center with more than 30 years of experience in the plastics sector. We provide solutions to companies throughout the value chain, from raw material manufacturers to transformers and end users. Our purpose is twofold:

We give value to companies so that they can create wealth and thus generate employment.
Through R&D&I, we contribute to solving the challenges that society faces in relation to plastics, to improve people's quality of life and ensure environmental sustainability.

Why AIMPLAS?

We consider attraction and loyalty of talent to be strategic. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that we have such a powerful purpose as responding to the challenges facing society through R&D&I, and on the other, to making this activity compatible with caring for people.

To this end, we propose a People Experience Strategy in which people lead their professional development and have a tailor-made training plan, as well as a career plan to facilitate their professional growth.

Our value proposition is completed by a series of benefits that facilitate the balance with personal life. For example, self-management of time, different scheduling options and other improvements. Additionally, we offer an ambitious program of healthy actions with improvements in risk prevention and initiatives to promote healthy habits and psychosocial wellbeing.

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