Engineer, Hibernation Team
Bay AreaOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Engineer on the hibernation team responsible for building hardware and software stacks to cryopreserve whole organisms, owning mechanical design, electrical bring-up, and software architecture to demonstrate feasibility of whole-body reversible cryopreservation in rodents.
About this role
Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.
To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, vitrification and rewarming hardware.
We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.
About the Role
As an engineer on the hibernation team, you'll be building N-of-1 hardware and software stacks to cryopreserve whole organisms. This requires the ability to own mechanical design and fabrication, electrical design and bringup, and software architecture and development. If successful, you will be the principal engineer to demonstrate the feasibility of whole body reversible cryopreservation in rodents.
About you
Preferred Qualifications
Skills
3D PrintingC++Electrical Circuit DesignFabricationFluidic CircuitsHardware Bring-upHeat ExchangeLaboratory Hardware IntegrationMechanical DesignObject-oriented ProgrammingPCB DesignPerfusionPrototyping WorkflowsPythonRapid PrototypingSoftware Architecture
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