Director/Principal Scientist: Microbiology

Nature’s Fynd is a Chi­ca­­go-based food com­pa­ny cre­at­ing ver­sa­tile alterna­tive pro­teins to nour­ish the world’s grow­ing pop­u­la­tion while nur­tur­ing the plan­et. Born out of research con­duct­ed for NASA on microbes in Yellowstone Nation­al Park, the company’s break­through tech­nol­o­gy pro­duces Fy™. Fy is a new-to-the-world, nutri­tion­al fun­gi protein that only uses a frac­tion of the resources required by tra­di­tion­al agri­cul­ture. We use Fy to make delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat and dairy alternatives.

Nature’s Fynd is a groundbreaking food tech company born out of NASA-supported research on extremophiles in the geothermal pools of Yellowstone National Park. Our novel fermentation technology produces a sustainable source of complete protein using only a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. As the challenge to feed the world’s expanding population grows, our mission is to create amazing foods and materials that provide sustainable choices and nurture the planet.

We’re looking for passionate, driven, and ambitious people to join our fast-growing team.

The successful candidate will be an engaged thought leader to drive development and improvements of current strain, fermentation technology and product quality through detailed understanding of filamentous fungi. The successful candidate will serve as the resident technical expert on microbiology of filamentous fungi including optimization of growth and propagation as well as work together with pilot and production to help solve problems. The candidate will possess deep knowledge of storage, growth, metabolism and life cycle of filamentous fungi. The successful candidate will be instrumental in coordinating cross-functional collaboration with molecular biology, pilot plant, production, and regulatory. The applicant will be an accomplished scientist with technical and business acumen to drive research projects from ideation-to-finish line.

Previous track-record of successfully developing filamentous fungi used to produced commercialized product(s) would be a plus.