Opportunity and Challenge

We are looking to assemble a team of best-in-class, innovative and passionately eager people. We want to gather their talents and skills to achieve one goal: unlock the power of “DNA-write.” We offer the opportunity of joining a dynamic, international, and highly skilled team in a pioneering startup. Our DNA On Demand platform not only has the potential to change the way the world makes and uses synthetic DNA, but also to accelerate the rate of discovery by delivering upon the promise of same-day results.

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and to have a large impact on developing a technology that will have far-reaching impacts across biological sciences.

The Role

DNA Script is looking for a talented patent watch engineer to join the IP Team to support the development of the company. The position will be based in our Paris headquarters. The candidate will be participating in (i) prior art & FTO searches ; (ii) patent committee and idea sourcing ; and (iii) IP competitive intelligence actions.
The position reports to our European patent attorney, based in Paris headquarters.

Main Responsibilities:

• Prior art & Freedom-to-Operate searches
• Provide claim charts
• IP landscaping to support R&D and top management
• Analysis and distribution of a monthly report on publication of new relevant patents
• Patent portfolio reviews for competitive intelligence
• Generation of Technological roadmaps
• Support patent attorneys with administration of invention disclosure
• Training in prior art searches (English and French)

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering
• At least 3 years’ experience performing technical searches and reporting in an international environment
• Preference to knowledge of patent search databases such as Patbase, Orbitz, and Derwent.

Recruitment Process:

1. Initial screening with the hiring manager
2. Day interview at the office (or remote) with the manager, cofounders, HR and the rest of the team
3. Case study
4. Reference Checks
5. Timing: 2-3 weeks