- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Artificial Womb
- Education
- PhD
- Source
- Lever
Description
About us
e184 Artificial Womb is a biotechnology research company dedicated to advancing next-generation artificial reproductive technologies that support human development beyond traditional biological limitations, expanding reproductive possibilities and redefining what is achievable in medicine. Our mission is to remove the biological constraints that limit the ability to achieve and sustain safe pregnancies and healthy gestation, enabling new pathways to parenthood for individuals facing medical risk, infertility, or physiological barriers to gestation.
We operate at the intersection of biology, engineering, and computational science, building integrated platforms that combine advanced tissue models, adaptive culture systems, and automated experimental workflows to understand and recreate the conditions required for healthy human gestation beyond the uterus.
Role overview
As Head of Bioengineering at e184 Artificial Womb lab, you will lead the technical vision, architecture, and execution of the engineering platforms that enable long-term ex utero biological support. You will design and oversee the development of integrated systems spanning perfusion, sensing, automation, control architecture, and mechanical infrastructure required for artificial gestation technologies.
Working closely with the CSO and executive leadership, you will translate biological requirements into scalable engineering solutions, guiding the design of closed-loop systems capable of maintaining stable physiological environments over extended developmental periods. You will build and lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization while establishing rigorous systems-engineering practices that ensure reliability, safety, and manufacturability.
This role is ideal for a deeply technical systems thinker who is excited to solve one of the most complex engineering challenges in modern medicine — building synthetic environments capable of supporting human development — within a fast-moving, mission-driven startup environment.
Skills
FDA
Benefits
Competitive salary + equity participation is consideredState-of-the-art facility in Portland metro areaComprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k) with company match20 days PTO + 11 paid holidays
