General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
2026-39480
Division description
Within CEA-Grenoble center, CEA-Leti Technology Research Institute is pioneer in micro and nanotechnology domains. It creates innovative and competitive application solutions to meet current global challenges including clean and safe energies, health, sustainable transport and digital transition.
Description de l'unité
Microfluidics contributes to the development of new tools for research, quality control, detection, and diagnosis. In the field of healthcare, microfluidics aims to bring about personalized medicine at the patient's bedside.
Position description
Category
Chemistry
Contract
Fixed-term contract
Job title
Engineer-Researcher in analytical chemistry
Socio-professional category
Executive
Contract duration (months)
18 monts
Job description
Title: Integration of an analytical protocol for the characterization of nanoparticles
Our technological development project aims to develop a new concept for characterizing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) that carry biomolecules. More specifically, the goal is to verify the analytical performance of an integrated approach compared to a conventional laboratory approach.
Your mission will be to characterize the composition of cargo loaded LNPs in accordance with established specifications. Your contribution will draw on the team's expertise in integrating analytical chemistry protocols into microfluidic systems and system instrumentation, with a view to gradually mastering the entire characterization process.
You will be responsible for establishing and adapting protocols to these architectures, then testing and optimizing them based on conventional separation and analysis approaches (HPLC, UPLC).
You will be responsible for qualifying the analytical performance of the developed system (quality control, statistical analysis).
You will thus participate in the evolution of the test benches towards an integrated automated characterization platform.
You will work within teams specializing in chemistry, microfluidics, biochemistry, and optics.
Applicant Profile
Highly motivated to be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary project in a cutting-edge environment, you have a background in analytical chemistry with experience in HPLC and/or UPLC, as well as proficiency in statistical quality control tools.
Experience in lipid or biomolecules analysis, LNP vectorization, or microfluidics would be a plus. You speak English or French and have good communication skills to regularly share your results with the entire project team.
Position location
Site
Grenoble
Job location
France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Isère (38)
Location
GRENOBLE
Candidate criteria
Recommended training
Engineer in analytical chemistry
Requester
Position start date
01/05/2026
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