# Principal Process Engineer

We are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Process Engineer to support process development activities for Codexis’ Enzyme Catalyzed Oligonucleotide (ECO) Synthesis® manufacturing platform, driving innovation and scalability from bench to GMP production. This role is pivotal in advancing sustainable oligonucleotide manufacturing technologies that disrupt traditional chemical synthesis methods and meet stringent quality and regulatory standards. If any of the below describes you, we would love to meet you! Possess a passion for being part of the therapeutic community helping bring cutting edge treatments to patients in need. Enjoys collaboration across different functional groups to get a holistic understanding of process development along with aligning data with internal stakeholders. Enjoys problem solving by implementing engineering and analytical solutions. Key Responsibilities Providing technical leadership in hands-on process development, applying advanced engineering principles to drive the design, build-out, and maturation of the ECO Synthesis® platform in close partnership with cross-functional development teams Leading the scale-up strategy for the ECO Synthesis®

- **Id**: 726263
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/codexis-principal-process-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redwood City, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-10T08:27:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:34:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 60
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4395
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Synthetic Biology, Drug Discovery

## Company

- **Id**: 674757
- **Name**: Codexis
- **Domain**: codexis.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/codexis>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

## Salary

- **Min**: 165000
- **Max**: 185000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 185000

## Technologies

- **Chromatography** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **JMP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 60

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T08:27:11Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 26
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.574
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 59
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 185000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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