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Atlantic Fish Co · 16 hours ago

Senior Bioprocess Engineer

Raleigh, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Atlantic Fish Co is a cultivated protein company focused on premium seafood production using biotechnology. The Senior Bioprocess Engineer will play a central role in transitioning R&D efforts into a working production process, optimizing cell cultures and supporting product development efforts.

AgTechAquacultureBiotechnologyFood and BeverageFood ProcessingSustainability

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Transition suspension cell cultures from shake flasks and spinner flasks to a benchtop bioreactor

Optimize cell growth rate to hit our production targets

Explore different process modalities to determine which best suits our cells and production goals

Interface with our cell line engineering and media development teams to co-develop the process alongside the cells and media

Build a first-principles TEA demonstrating a credible path to scale that identifies key cost drivers, sensitivities, and scale up assumptions

Evaluate and make recommendations on developing an internal pilot facility, or working with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO)

Qualification

Chemical EngineeringBiological EngineeringEukaryotic cells experienceBenchtop bioreactorsData analysis/statisticsEarly-stage process developmentTEA production/supportCell biology knowledgeWillingness to wear many hats

Required

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of experience in an industry setting

Experience with eukaryotic cells - novel cell types (i.e., beyond CHO or HEK) is a major advantage

Early-stage process development experience

Experience with benchtop bioreactors (250 mL - 1L)

Skilled in using data analysis/statistics for designing experiments to optimize process variables across a wide range of conditions and analyze experimental results

Experience producing or supporting TEAs

Willingness to wear many hats (we are a small startup)

Preferred

Some cell biology knowledge/experience would be a plus

Preference for someone local to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and able to start immediately

Benefits

Generous equity and benefits package

Company

Atlantic Fish Co

Atlantic Fish Co is using cellular agriculture to develop the world's most sustainable, cultivated seafood.

Founded in 2022

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

2-10 employees

https://www.atlanticfish.co

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

$2.5M

Key Investors

North Carolina Biotechnology CenterSOSV

2025-11-03Seed· $1.2M

2025-08-04Grant· $0.3M

2023-12-01Pre Seed· $1M

Leadership Team

Doug Grant

Chief Executive Officer

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