Director / Senior Director, AI x Lab Integration
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA
Bio & Science AIonsitedirector$360k–$570k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead research turning scientific intent into executable lab experiments.
- Build models that diagnose failures and adapt protocols from results.
- Set lab-intelligence agenda across protocol understanding and repair.
What they offer
- Comprehensive benefits program tailored to region
Ideal candidate
A hands-on AI research leader who thrives at the lab bench interface, translating scientific judgment and messy experimental feedback into learning systems. You love mentoring high-performing teams and chasing evidence that models truly improve real experiments.
Requirements
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, Computational Science or related field or equivalent experience
- Substantial track record leading original AI research into capabilities beyond benchmarks
- Developed AI for automated laboratories, scientific agents, or closed-loop experimentation
- Experience building and leading research teams and setting priorities under uncertainty
- Ability to translate scientific objectives, controls, and failure modes into research problems
- Hands-on leadership reviewing model behavior and guiding technical decisions
Lab profile
About Lila Sciences
Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.
What they build
- Autonomous Science Platform
- AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
- Electro-optic materials and photonic devices
Known for
- Large-scale automated data generation
- High-throughput protein purification and analytics
- Protein design and BioML modeling
- Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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