• Full Time
  • Hamburg

Website Fermeta

Energy Drink for cows to reduce enteric methane emission

The role:

Own Fermeta’s fermentation science. Ruminant nutrition has surprisingly little fermentation expertise; you bring classic biotech fermentation depth to design and optimize our postbiotic product.

What you’ll do

  • Design, run, and iterate fermentation processes (strain and substrate selection, upstream and downstream, scale-up) for our postbiotic feed product.
  • Translate lab-scale results into commercially producible recipes with our contract manufacturer (first 3,500 kg batch already in production).
  • Run and interpret rumen simulation experiments (Menke method, in-vitro), improving bioactivity and reproducibility.
  • Collaborate with University and our science lead on validation and the patented mode of action.
  • Feed structured results back to the data team to sharpen the rumen model.

What you bring

  • Degree in biotechnology, microbiology, or bioprocess engineering (PhD a plus, not required).
  • Genuinely hands-on fermentation experience: you have run fermenters yourself.
  • Comfort in an early-stage lab where you build processes from scratch.
  • Fluent English.

Bonus:

ruminant nutrition, postbiotics, feed or food industry, scale-up experience.

 

To apply for this job email your details to niklas@fermeta.com