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Mechanical Engineer, Fluidics/Perfusion

until · Bay Area · On-site

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About until

Until is building a pause button for biology, so every single transplantable organ finds a recipient and saves a life. Backed by Founders Fund and Lux.

About the role

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

What they're looking for

  • Track record of exceptional engineering abilities
  • Deep understanding of heat and mass transfer principles
  • Experience designing fluidic systems for perfusion/heat exchangers
  • High degree of autonomy across full engineering stack: electromechanical design and fabrication, control software, physical modeling
  • Desire to join a fast-paced, scrappy engineering team
More about this role

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.

We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.

  • Track record of exceptional engineering abilities
  • Deep understanding of heat and mass transfer principles
  • Experience designing fluidic systems for perfusion/heat exchangers
  • High degree of autonomy across full engineering stack: electromechanical design and fabrication, control software, physical modeling
  • Desire to join a fast-paced, scrappy engineering team
  • 3+ years experience/graduate level in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent

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