Senior Process Engineer, Prenatal

BillionToOne, is a next-generation molecular diagnostics company dedicated to developing powerful and accurate diagnostic tests that are accessible to all. The company's innovative QCT molecular counting technology significantly enhances the resolution of disease detection using cell-free DNA by over 1,000-fold. This groundbreaking technology is integral to BillionToOne's product offerings. One of BillionToOne’s flagship products, Unity Complete™, is the only non-invasive prenatal screen capable of assessing fetal risk for both common recessive conditions and aneuploidies from a single maternal blood sample. Leveraging the same molecular counting technology, BillionToOne is expanding its reach into oncology with a pioneering liquid biopsy test, Northstar, that combines treatment selection with monitoring. Over 500K patients have received BillionToOne tests to date, and BillionToOne has grown from $0M to $125M ARR in the last ~4 years.

Ranked at the top 5% of Y Combinator companies, BillionToOne has successfully raised close to $400 million in funding to date, with a notable $130 million Series D round completed in June 2024, resulting in an company evaluation of over $1 billion. This funding has come from prestigious global institutional investors, including Adams Street Partners, Neuberger Berman, Baillie Gifford, and Premji Invest. BillionToOne has recently been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup Employers for 2024, highlighting the company's exceptional work environment and commitment to innovation.

BillionToOne’s team has grown significantly and now proudly employs over 400 highly skilled individuals. Despite substantial growth, BillionToOne has successfully maintained the unique culture that defined us from inception, continuing to cultivate a team that is not only diverse and passionate but also innovative. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an additional facility in Union City, California, BillionToOne remains at the forefront of significant advances in molecular diagnostics, evidenced by the recent announcement of clinical outcomes data for its Northstar product and new advancements in cancer diagnostics. For more detailed information about BillionToOne and its groundbreaking work, please visit the company’s website at www.billiontoone.com.

Responsibilities:

• Source and evaluate external technologies which might benefit COGS, process throughput, assay performance, or other key operational metrics
• Develop the strategies to support 2-3X annual growth in commercial volume
• Build upon the existing statistical Process Control system to enable ever decreasing failure rates and ever increasing assay performance
• Mentor junior engineers and help to establish strong skills and industry best practices across the growing PE team
• Plan studies in conjunction with RnD to identify CPPs, process tolerances, and failure modes during late stage product development
• Work with Bioinformatics and data science to translate assay CQAs into impactful and actionable process monitoring tools
• Develop new data and information handling tools to aid in efficient sample processing within the clinical laboratory
• Apply six sigma, Design-for-quality, and 5S frameworks to existing or new processes to improve both capability, scalability, and quality of molecular diagnostic assays
• Support high throughput CLIA lab through troubleshooting instrumentation and re-qualifying instrumentation back into clinical use
• Identify root causes for process and instrument errors and develop long term solutions

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in biology, bioengineering, or related sciences 
• At least 5-6 years of experience with molecular biology techniques in a research or clinical laboratory
• Proficiency in R or python
• Strong Statistical Analysis skills 
• Strong Experience designing rigorous, well controlled studies
• Experience with data presentation and technical report authoring
• Experience working with GMP, ISO, or equivalent environments, with strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems and practices
• Excellent attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Experience mentoring junior team members
• Possess logical troubleshooting skills
• Experience with automation or clinical laboratory experience is a bonus

Nice-To-Haves:

• Start-up experience
• Knowledge of medical genetics
• Experience in a cell-free DNA setting
• Experience with 6-sigma, Lean, JIT, TPS
• Experience with CLIA/CAP, 510K, PMA, and other regulatory requirements

Benefits And Perks:

• Working with a team of ‘rockstars’ who bring out the best in everyone
• Open, transparent culture that includes weekly Town Hall meetings
• The ability to indirectly or directly change the lives of hundreds of thousand patients
• Multiple medical benefit options; employee premiums paid 100% of select plans, dependents covered at 80%
• Extremely generous Family Bonding Leave for new parents (16 weeks, paid at 100%)
• Retirement savings program including a 4% Company match
• Free daily on-site lunches provided from top eateries
• Latest and greatest hardware (laptop, lab equipment, facilities)
• A variety of perks on campus (state of the art gym, restaurant)
• Free on-site EV charging (compatible with all EVs, including Tesla)

At BillionToOne, we are proud to offer a combination of a (1) base pay range (actual amount offered is based experience and salary/equity options split that the candidate chooses) (2) generous equity options offering, on top of (3) industry leading company benefits (free healthcare options, 401k match, very generous fully paid parental leave etc.).

For this position, the base pay range is: $110,000-$130,000 per year.