Bioprocess Engineer Indoor Farming Engineer

About KULT FARM

KULT FARM makes a true and natural alternative to meat from mycelium solid state fermentation. As a venture-backed business we are pioneering this approach.

Our mission is to foster the worlds transition to a sustainable food system- without asking consumers to compromise on taste texture or price.

Our planet cannot sustain our current food system; therefore we believe in producing exceptional alternative products to remove the current strain on our environment and ensure food security for our future ever-growing population.

This is your opportunity to have an impact on our planet and experience a startup in its earliest days.

This role sits at the intersection of bioprocess engineering indoor farming and applied microbiology and is critical to translating lab-scale fermentation into robust scalable and economically viable production systems.

We are looking for a responsible organised individual with a practical approach to work on scaling our solid-state fermentation plant.

We are not looking for scientists.

Key responsibilities

Fermentation

• Design and implement fermentation infrastructure including incubation environments airflow systems humidity control and thermal management.
• Develop fermentation processes including inoculation strategies substrate conditioning and harvest protocols.
• Monitor and control critical process parameters (moisture temperature airflow O₂/CO₂ pH where relevant) to hit target yields product specs and consistency

Indoor farming systems

• Codesign and operate our indoor farming infrastructure: trays racks climate rooms sensors air handling humidification and lighting (where applicable).
• Collaborate with mechanical/electrical partners on layout utilities and ergonomics for scalable farm modules (from pilot to preindustrial).
• Ensure high uptime and robust operation of equipment through basic maintenance troubleshooting and coordination with external technicians.

Process engineering

• Integration into and process engineering on the full production chain.
• Collaborate closely with R&D to translate experimental protocols into scalable repeatable processes.

Scaleup and industrialisation

• Translate pilot learnings into engineering inputs for largerscale facilities (mass balances capacity calculations throughput models).
• Facility layout planning and equipment selection for pilot scale to industrial setup.

• Degree in Bioprocess / Chemical / Biochemical / Agricultural / Electrical Engineering Biotechnology Food or Environmental Engineering or similar.
• At least 2 years proven handson experience in fermentation controlled-environment agriculture mushroom farming vertical / indoor farming or similar process industries.
• Proven experience operating and troubleshooting pilot or productionscale systems (bioreactors climate rooms indoor farms or analogous equipment).
• Solid understanding of mass and energy balances heat and mass transfer and basic process control concepts.
• Comfortable working physically in a pilot production plant environment (cleaning handling trays doing measurements) as part of the daily work.
• Working proficiency in English; Spanish and/or German is a plus .
• A track record of willingness to learn adapt get stuff done and be proactive
• Independence and strong sense of ownership for tasks

Why join

• You will work in a cross-disciplinary Production team with food technologists biotechnologists microbiologists engineers at a cutting-edge technology.
• Trans-disciplinarity at its peak: we believe invention only happens when you connect dots that are seemingly far apart.
• A high-impact ambitious startup environment with the ability to learn and grow alongside the company
• The opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology and make a true impact on the environment and our food system
• A fun flexible and rewarding environment where you can have the ability to thrive as a person

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** encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match all criteria perfectly. Many thanks!
Thank you for your interest in joining us. We hope to meet you soon!

*Application should be in English!