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Lab Operations Specialist

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA

CHECKED 15H AGO

Bio & Science AIonsitemid-level$68k–$103k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own equipment lifecycle from installs and moves to maintenance and tracking.
  • Stand up new lab spaces and improve efficiency across sites.
  • Manage consumables, cold-storage, shipping and vendor logistics.

What they offer

  • Bonus potential
  • Generous early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with company holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Company subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

Hands-on lab operator with 3+ years keeping science running who thrives on ownership, organization, and continuous improvement. You love fast-paced physical lab environments and enabling scientists to move quickly.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in lab operations or lab management, preferably in a physical sciences environment
  • Experience managing and troubleshooting scientific equipment, including PMs, calibration, installs, and moves
  • Ability to manage priorities across multiple projects
  • Experience with lab inventory, asset, or work-order systems such as CMMS, ChemInventory, Jira, or Notion
  • Experience coordinating vendors for service, installs, moves, and logistics
  • Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
  • Working understanding of lab safety practices and comfort partnering with EH&S on compliance
  • Ability to lift up to 40 lbs, work hands-on, and move around the lab for extended periods

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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