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Emeryville, California, United States
Onsite
Octant is a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing correctors for protein misfolding diseases. Octant’s platform, The Navigator, combines high-throughput synthetic biology, generative chemistry, and AI/ML to discover and develop therapeutics against complex cellular mechanisms in human cells.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Octant is looking for the class of 2027-2028 Apprentices! You're close to graduation and excited to train in Octant's core technologies before your next professional step. Whether you're excited about startups, working in industry, or planning on going to graduate school, you're motivated by Octant's mission to engineer breakthrough medicines. As part of the Octant team, you'll learn from some of the top scientists in drug discovery, synthetic biology, HT ADMET, and chemistry to directly contribute to our therapeutic programs and platform. You love working in the lab, are organized, love learning, and take pride in all of your work. You thrive on getting things done, are eager to troubleshoot random tasks that arise in startups, and can navigate the uncertainty of an ever-changing and fast-paced environment.
Most of the OAs use the program as a gap year before entering graduate school, medical school, or continuing in industry. However, many OAs continue on at Octant at the conclusion of the program.
AS AN OCTANT APPRENTICE (OA) AT OCTANT, YOU WILL:
THIS JOB MIGHT BE GREAT FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE:
Apply by January 15th, 2027. Check out our Octant Apprenticeship blog posts here and here to hear more about the apprenticeship experience!
As part of the application process, please indicate whether you are interested in the biology or chemistry roles. Candidates will be evaluated for a role focused on their technical area selection(s). Please note, cross-functional students are invited to apply to up to 2 roles (i.e., if you have a biology background, but want to learn more in chemistry, feel free to apply!).
The expected annual salary for this role is in the range of $70,000 to $80,000. We offer health benefits (medical, dental, vision), equity, and 401(k) matching.
Octant is located in Emeryville, California and we work onsite.
Octant is an equal opportunity company that values applicants of all backgrounds. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. We value less traditional backgrounds, and may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. We know that confidence-gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
