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Careers & culture
Good science needs great people.
At Takara Bio USA, each individual is an important contributor to supporting scientific research. Join the team and launch an exciting new chapter in your career.
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Why join Takara Bio USA
Bring innovation and inspiration to life-science discovery
The careers source connects exceptional solutions with the recruitment and development of highly effective team members — and describes a friendly culture where work is recognized and rewarded.
Our core values
How we work matters as much as what we achieve
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Our core campus
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San Jose houses management, R&D, marketing, legal, finance, operations and administrative teams. Madison supports shipping and warehousing; sales team members are distributed across the US.
What we offer
Benefits that support people at work and beyond
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Paid time off
Leave policies for time away from work.
Financial planning
Retirement savings with employer support.
Family care
Family-friendly policies including parental leave.
Perks
Workplace perks that promote community and fun.
Career areas
Find the team where your contribution can grow
Eight departments connect each department to current roles and employee stories.
01FinanceFinancial operations and planning.02Human ResourcesRecruitment, benefits, payroll and development.03ITCompany networks and technology.04LegalLegal guidance and compliance.05MarketingBrand awareness and customer needs.06OperationsProduction and operational goals.07R&DDiscovery and development of life-science technologies.08SalesScientific sales opportunities and customer support.
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Serving our local community
Takara Bio USA highlights paid time for nonprofit volunteer work, on-campus blood drives and sponsored participation in an event supporting breast cancer research.
- Women in STEM mentoring circles across R&D, operations and commercial teams
- Conference sponsorship and speaking support for early-career scientists
- Returnship pathways for researchers coming back after a career break
Explore roles
Open positions across teams and locations
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Senior Scientist, Single-cell Applications
R&D · San Jose, CA · Full time
Develop and validate full-length single-cell RNA-seq chemistries from prototype to launch.
Field Application Scientist, Spatial Biology
Commercial · Remote — Europe · Full time
Support labs adopting spatial multiomics, from experimental design through data interpretation.
Manufacturing Engineer, Enzymes
Operations · Kusatsu, Japan · Full time
Scale enzyme production processes while holding release specifications lot to lot.
QA Specialist, GMP Services
Quality · Göteborg, Sweden · Full time
Own documentation and audit readiness for GMP plasmid and mRNA production.
Bioinformatics Engineer, NGS Analysis
R&D · Remote — United States · Full time
Build reproducible analysis pipelines that ship alongside our sequencing kits.
Technical Support Scientist
Support · Mountain View, CA · Full time
Help researchers troubleshoot cloning, PCR and purification workflows on the first call.
Product Marketing Manager, Cell & Gene Therapy
Commercial · Remote — United States · Full time
Translate manufacturing capability into clear guidance for therapeutic developers.
Graduate Intern, Molecular Biology
R&D · Kusatsu, Japan · Internship
Twelve-month placement supporting assay development and functional QC studies.
Employee stories
People who build the tools other scientists depend on
“I came for the enzymology and stayed because the work reaches real labs. A protocol I optimised is now in hundreds of papers.”
“Half my week is at the bench with customers. When a workflow fails, I get to fix it with them — not file a ticket.”
“Our pipelines ship with the kits, so analysis is treated as part of the product rather than an afterthought.”
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