Job Description

Posting Title

Postdoctoral Researcher – Protein Engineering for Metal Circularity

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Postdoc (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

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Job Description

About the project: Bioligands, such as proteins, peptides, and small molecules, hold tremendous potential to enable environmentally sustainable extraction or separations of critical materials, including rare earth elements and others essential to the US clean energy transition. The overall objective of this project is to develop bioligands with high selectivity and other industrially-relevant properties. The successful candidate in this position will work closely with data scientists to develop high-throughput screening assays and evaluate performance of computationally-predicted protein libraries. Additionally, the successful candidate will apply protein engineering and evolution principles to create bioligands with improved features. This position is part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. The successful candidate will publish peer-reviewed journal articles and present their work at conferences.

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Basic Qualifications

Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.

* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

The successful candidate will be able to:

• Work safely and independently in a laboratory setting, with a strong safety record
• Develop research goals and tasks for established project directions
• Exhibit strong creative thinking skills
• Design, execute, and troubleshoot experiments
• Problem-solve to overcome technical challenges
• Analyze data to generate strong conclusions, including via application of statistical tests
• Collaborate productively with others both within and across disciplines
• Communicate effectively, with the ability to present technical results to a broad audience including at scientific conferences and internal meetings
• Write and publish high-impact peer-reviewed papers
• Display respect to peers and stewardship of shared laboratory spaces

Preferred Qualifications

• Protein engineering
• Cloning and recombinant protein expression
• Protein and peptide purification
• Binding assay experience (e.g., biochemical and spectroscopic readouts)
• High-throughput screening assay development
• Interfacing with data scientists (e.g., machine learning, quantum mechanical modeling)

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Job Application Submission Window

The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)

Job Profile: Postdoctoral Researcher / Annual Salary Range: $73,200 - $120,800

NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits Summary

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short-term disability insurance*; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; and paid holidays. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.

* Based on eligibility rules

Badging Requirement

NREL is subject to Department of Energy (DOE) access restrictions. All employees must also be able to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which includes a favorable background investigation.

Drug Free Workplace

NREL is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug.

If you are offered employment at NREL, you must pass a pre-employment drug test prior to commencing employment. Unless prohibited by state or local law, the pre-employment drug test will include marijuana. If you test positive on the pre-employment drug test, your offer of employment may be withdrawn.

Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NREL you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application.

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EEO Policy

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