Associate Scientist - Nulixir : Job Details

Company Overview:

Nulixir is a business-to-business (B2B) nano biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and licenses intellectual property (IP) for smart nanocarriers, called nanovesicles, which optimize the performance of functional ingredients in food & beverageproducts. These specialized food-grade nanovesicles are engineered to mask functional ingredients flavors and tune their performance in the body. Nulixirs products are available in both solid powder and liquid concentrate formats which can be incorporated into a wide variety of food & beverage products.

Founded in 2019, the company brought a together a team of CPG leaders, scientists, US attorneys, and nutritionists to overcome long-standing challenges in the Food and Beverage Industry. The firms founder has extensive experience in the development of nanocarriers for cancer therapeutics. Transferring that knowledge to F&B production, the companys highly insulated nanovesicle technology uses GRAS (generally regarded as safe) ingredients.

The companys proprietary food-grade nanovesicles resolve prevalent issues associated with incorporation of functional ingredients including poor taste, limited bioavailability, slow onset, uncontrolled release kinetics, product stability, and shelf-life longevity. With several patents in hand, and more pending relative to the process and structure and ingredient base for the nanovesicles, Nulixir possesses compelling insulation and a competitive advantage.

Position overview:

In this role, you will be responsible for working with a team of scientists to develop a pipeline of new products primarily beverages and further enhance Nulixirs proprietary technology. High productivity is expected and familiarity with conducting experiments is highly desired. You will be part of a small team working on introducing new products based on customer briefs to address unmet consumer needs and/or resolve technical tensions. Our customers range from small start-ups to large blue-chip companies. We focus on developing functional products that provide a higher nutrition compared to other similar products as the active ingredients in these products are enhanced by our proprietary technology. This role is critical to the success of the organization as you will be expected to lead customer projects and bring it to commercialization which would ultimately enable higher revenue for the company.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree in the following fields:

• Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Colloid & Surface Science, Nanoparticle Synthesis.

Some things we consider important for this role:

- Knowledge and/or experience in liquid-state nanoparticle synthesis and the related characterization techniques.

- Track record of publications and presentation indicative of high recognition of candidates research in relevant areas by peers.

- Prior experience in flavor and food ingredient developed preferred

- Experience working in a GMP environment.

- Excellent interpersonal skills

- Ambitious and driven to grow with the company

- Strong problem solving toolkit

- Excited to work at an early-stage start-up (prior start-up experience is a plus)

- Willing to learn and be coached

We Offer:

• A unique and diverse company culture, shaped by people with commitment, sense of responsibility, risk-taking and discipline
• An excellent start-up work environment, flat hierarchy, and short decision paths
• Competitive salary
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

Nulixirians Culture:

We recruit, promote, and reward based off of our five core values:

• Sleeves Up - At Nulixir, we provide the autonomy and creativity needed to own your role, iterate where needed and drive impact on a massive scale.
• 100% Transparency - Nulixir is passionate about open feedback at all levels of the company. This allows us to fail fast, create in real time and build an open company culture.
• Be Defiantly Great - We are defiant, thats in our lifeblood, we accomplish what other people think are impossible. Challenging the status quo is our lifeblood.
• Unconditional Empathy - Our customers are real people with real business needs, and we are here to listen and tackle accordingly. If we care and respect each other, there is no challenge we cant overcome.
• Be the solution, not just the critic - take ownership and drive collaboration. We work together and we build together.