Senior Research Associate , Automated Chemistry
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$80k–$118k
At a glance
Highlights
- Run automated high-throughput synthesis to accelerate scientific discovery.
- Develop integrated workflows from hit identification to lead optimization.
- Help build autonomous science systems tackling medicine and energy challenges.
What they offer
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential and early-stage equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Flexible time off with generous company holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Educational assistance program
- Commuter benefits and company-subsidized lunch
Ideal candidate
A detail-oriented, hands-on experimentalist excited by lab automation and learning engineering principles. You thrive in fast-paced startup labs and care about rigorous, reproducible science that accelerates discovery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or MS in Chemistry, Physics, Chemical/Materials Engineering or related field
- >1 year bench top and wet lab experience in industrial high-throughput setting
- Hands-on small molecule synthesis with automation familiarity and data handling
- Experience handling acids, bases, organics, fume hoods and glovebox conditions
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Curiosity to learn new skills relevant to materials science
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