We are looking for a highly motivated Plant in vitro culture and transformation technician to join our “Plants & Transformation” team and help us get our most ambitious R&D project to the next level: Transforming and regenerating our enhanced indoor plant.

The ideal candidate will need to have good scientific rigor and be comfortable with managing many parallel tasks. He / she will also need to be meticulous and have very high attention to detail, as from day 1 he / she will work on a crucial workstream to achieve results within demanding timelines.

Your work will impact all future Neoplants products, and thus will be instrumental in achieving our long-term vision.

Main scope of position (but not limited to):

• Perform in vitro culture of various plants, model and ornamental

• Ensure the correct culture of plants and microorganisms

• Transform model and non-model monocot and dicot plants

• Perform general laboratory tasks: Media and reagent preparation

• Report advancements and challenges to the team

Why join us?

🌿 Contribute to global innovation by collaborating with world-class experts in their field, learn from the founders, and get regular updates on everything happening in the company through monthly company-wide meetings.

🌿Join an innovative startup where you can make an impact and at any position in the company  

🌿 Participate in recurring company events, such as our annual kick-off, offsite seminar, after-work, celebrations every month, team activities like escape games or go-karting 

🌿 Come work in our brand new Neolab, ‘The Seed’: A unique 1,200m2 space on two floors featuring a state-of-the-art wetlab, full-scale performance testing rooms among other high-end equipment, as well as open offices and great team spaces!

Enjoy great benefits:

• Highly competitive salary

• Transportation (Navigo card or bike pass): 100% reimbursed. 

• Swile (lunch vouchers): 10€ per day worked - 55% paid by the company 

• Health: Alan Blue (private insurance, 70% paid by Neoplants, applicable to your family) and access to Moka.care (wellness and mental health support platform)

• Healthy snacks and fruit in the office 

• Your own Mac Book pro

• Personalized little attentions and a seniority gift from year one

Required:

• Bachelor, or equivalent, in biology with 2+ years of experience 

• Experience in plant tissue or cell in vitro culture and regeneration

• Extreme scientific rigor and attention to details

• Ability to work autonomously with little or no supervision

• Team spirit, good interpersonal and communication skills

• Proficiency in English

Nice to have:

• Experience in plant transformation 

• Experience with non-model plant species

• Experience in basic molecular biology techniques

Shared values: Team spirit, Positive impact, Excellence, Humility

Step 1 - 1 technical interview focusing on Role-Related Knowledge.

Step 2 - 1 technical interview focusing on General Cognitive Ability (case study)

Step 3 - 1 interviews focusing on Leadership and Karma

Step 4 - 1 Culture fit interview

Step 5 - Meet the team & visit the Seed