Not iterating on what exists. Starting new — new crops, technology, and materials.
If you want to do technically ambitious work, and have it matter at civilizational scale, this is the place.
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Grow the feedstock that powers the platform.
Oxford, NC
As a Plant Micropropagation Lab Manager at Plantd, you will lead and oversee the comprehensive daily operations of our plant micropropagation laboratory that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life. You would use your proven management experience, creativity to solve problems, and ability to adapt quickly to changes to lead the day-to-day operations of the micropropagation lab to optimize lab efficiency, data integrity, and team performance. In addition, you will work with our in-house software system to track and project daily and weekly plant production to ensure we meet our annual production goals.
Operational Leadership: Manage and oversee all lab activities, ensuring protocols are strictly followed and production targets are met across all shifts.
Team Management: Provide direct leadership to supervisors and lab technicians, handling task assignments, performance evaluations, and team development.
Advanced Data & Inventory Management: Utilize solid computer skills to manage lab data tracking software, ensuring all data is accurate, up-to-date, and used for post-processing analysis.
Quality & Protocol Oversight: Maintain and uphold high standards for professionalism and micropropagation techniques, modeling efficient divisions and meticulous data collection for the team.
Strategic Communication: Lead regular leadership meetings with team leads, report on production numbers and goals, and manage process change communications via team-wide emails.
Equipment & Facility Maintenance: Ensure all lab equipment is in optimal working order and oversee the completion of critical opening and closing checklists.
Personally invested in long term mission to move fast and fix how we work with carbon
Thinks fast and adapts to changing conditions
Bachelor's degree in plant physiology, horticulture, or other related scientific discipline OR 4+ years of professional experience in plant micropropagation or tissue culture.
Proven management experience in a professional laboratory or production environment.
Solid computer skills, including experience with data entry, spreadsheet management (Google Sheets/Excel), and lab-specific tracking software.
Extensive background in tissue culture lab environments and plant micropropagation protocols.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage diverse teams and collaborate with senior leadership.
Exceptional focus on paperwork accuracy, data collection, and adherence to sterile laboratory protocols.
Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC
Competitive Salary
Equity in the form of stock options
Health insurance coverage
Oxford, NC
The Plant Micropropagation Intern will support Plantd’s propagation and plant development work, focusing on tissue culture, plant health, and scaling plant material for research and production. This role is ideal for students or recent graduates interested in plant biotechnology, horticulture, or applied plant science in an industrial sustainability context.
Assist with plant tissue culture and micropropagation activities, including media preparation, explant handling, subculturing, and acclimatization
Maintain sterile technique and follow established laboratory protocols
Monitor plant growth, health, and contamination issues
Collect, record, and organize experimental data
Support optimization trials related to propagation efficiency and plant performance
Help document standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Collaborate with R&D and operations teams on plant-related projects
What You’ll Gain
Competitive Hourly pay
Build the machines and systems that are remaking American manufacturing.
Oxford, NC
We are seeking a reliable and hands-on Production Technician to support day-to-day operations across our production facility. This role is responsible for operating key production machinery—primarily stranders, sifters, dryers, and pilot line systems. Technicians are expected to flex between different equipment stations as needed and maintain a strong focus on safety, cleanliness, and procedure adherence.
Equity
Heath Insurance
Oxford, NC
As a design engineer at Plantd, you will design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation
technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life. Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing components, subsystems, and entire machines that form our automated production lines. You will partner with engineers and technicians to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects.
Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love
solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
● Design machines and automated production lines at a rapid pace
● Work with other engineers and technicians to integrate your designs into the most efficient machines possible
● Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements
● Document designs in CAD models, engineering drawings, structural analyses, engineering specifications, and bill of
materials
● Create detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
● Create and lead detailed design reviews with an audience of engineers and technicians.
● Daily interactions with the tech and manufacturing teams to monitor system performance and help address any issues that may arise.
● Design machines and automated production lines at a rapid pace
● Work with other engineers and technicians to integrate your designs into the most efficient machines possible
● Adapt to fast-changing inputs, data, specifications, and requirements
● Document designs in CAD models, engineering drawings, structural analyses, engineering specifications, and bill of
materials
● Create detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
● Create and lead detailed design reviews with an audience of engineers and technicians.
● Daily interactions with the tech and manufacturing teams to monitor system performance and help address any issues that may arise.
● CAD experience using Autodesk Inventor, Fusion, or similar
● 2+ years of experience building mechanical systems
● Expertise in structural analytical modeling
● Proficient in the use of first-order calculations for system sizing
● Experience with testing hardware and test asset development
● Experience communicating engineering requirements and drawings to production technicians or machine shops
● Hands-on fabrication experience: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, electrical soldering, and wiring
● Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
● Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC
● Competitive Salary + Equity
● We offer comprehensive health insurance to all full-time employees.
Oxford, NC
As a build engineer at Plantd, you will work directly with the leadership team to build systems that will disrupt the traditional construction industry. You will work closely with our production team to develop processes and continual improvement plans to bring Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials into reality.
Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space on mechanized processes and automated production lines. You will plan out new machine builds, create acceptance test plans, schedule work on the floor, and ensure efficient operation of equipment in the process.
Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
Oxford, NC
As a controls and automation engineer at Plantd you will develop, implement, and maintain control systems to support the integration of automation equipment into production lines. This role focuses on implementing automation, data collection, and controls systems on production machines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to maximize machine up time, product yield, and quality standards.
We are looking for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
Oxford, NC
As a Manufacturing engineer at Plantd, you will work directly with the leadership team to build systems that will disrupt the traditional construction industry. You will work closely with our production team to develop processes and continual improvement plans to bring Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials into reality.
Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space on mechanized processes and automated production lines. You will work closely with production and other engineering teams on standard operating procedures, continual improvement plans .
Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
● Continually improve processes and procedures for throughout the production workflow
● Standardize operating procedures and continuous improvement plans
● Formally review processes with production and engineering teams to create requirements for new machines or implement changes to existing machines
● Plan and execute tests to be run on production processes and machines
● Review production data and perform root cause analysis on each process
● Grit - the ability to push through adversity in order to achieve mastery
● Communication - the ability share thoughts and ideas effectively
● Intelligence - the ability to think on a first principles basis
● Ethics - alignment with our critical world views here at Plantd
● Goals - alignment with our mission here at Plantd
● Organized and able to plan out complex operations
● Proficient in data analysis
● Expertise in procedural documentation and continuous improvement projects
● Experience communicating engineering requirements and drawings to production technicians
● Hands-on fabrication experience: Welding, CNC milling and lathe, plasma cutting, soldering, and wiring
● Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
● Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC
Competitive Salary + Equity
We offer comprehensive health insurance to all full-time employees.
Oxford, NC
As an Engineer at Plantd, you will work directly with the leadership team to build the machines and systems that will disrupt the traditional construction materials industry. You will design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life.
Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing automated production lines. You will partner with leadership and peers to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects. You will work closely with an experienced production team to make your designs a reality.
Construction or industry experience is not required, we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
Must be willing to work on-site in Oxford, NC
Oxford, NC
At Plantd, you will work directly with the engineering team to build the machines and systems that will disrupt the traditional construction industry. You will learn to design, fabricate, test, and iterate through current and next-generation technologies that will enable full-scale production of modern, carbon-negative building materials, bringing Plantd’s vision of sustainable building materials to life.
Day-to-day you will work at our vertically integrated space designing components, machines, and automated production lines. You will partner with engineers and peers to develop requirements at the system level and will own the creation of CAD models, engineering drawings, and structural analyses for your projects.
We look for smart, motivated, collaborative team members who love solving problems and want to make an impact on the world.
Competitive hourly rate
Own the numbers that grow the platform.
Build the brand that defines the future of carbon-built innovation.
Connect the farm to the factory to the customer.
