Careers

Innovation to Change the Nature of Energy

We are distinguished by our people who are driven by innovation, curiosity, scientific rigor and excellence, and the belief that our science and technology can make the world a better place.

If your passion for your career equals your passion to create a new industry with global impact, Verenium offers an opportunity like no other to help you achieve your goals.

Verenium is leading the world in creating the next generation of cellulosic biofuels.

Cellulosic ethanol is a renewable fuel source produced from natural, plant waste products such as rice straw, sugarcane waste (bagasse), switchgrass and wood chips. Cellulose, a long-chain polysaccharide found in nearly all plant life, is the most abundant molecule on earth. Next-generation cellulosic ethanol uses advanced enzyme science to reduce the cost of ethanol production and enable the use of a wide variety of biomass. Unlike traditional ethanol manufactured using natural gas or coal, cellulosic ethanol from biomass can be broken down into fermentable sugars using acid or enzymatic hydrolysis. Cellulosic ethanol can achieve the high yields vital to commercial success, has high octane and other desirable fuel properties, and is environmentally friendly. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandates that advanced biofuel production consist of 21 billion gallons by 2022, of which 16 billion gallons come from cellulosic ethanol.

Verenium's specialty enzyme business harnesses the power of enzymes to create a broad range of specialty products to meet high-value commercial needs.

Verenium's world class R&D organization is renowned for its capabilities in the rapid screening, identification, and expression of enzymes-proteins that act as the catalysts of biochemical reactions.

Our biotechnology business fuels Verenium’s capabilities by developing specialty enzymes to efficiently, economically and cleanly catalyze a wide variety of industrial processes in addition to biofuels. We are constantly leveraging our discoveries across our business to produce cutting edge biotechnology applications. At Verenium we have unique access and patented approaches to capture nature’s enormous array of microbial biodiversity. We are distinguished by our multiple methods to optimize enzyme performance via laboratory evolution at the gene/DNA level; our ability to rapidly screen up to 100 MM to 1 billion samples per day to find the ideal enzyme; our revolutionary heterologous over-expression of unique enzymes; and commercial-scale enzyme product manufacturing.