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Senior Research Associate , Automated Chemistry

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

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Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$80k–$118k
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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
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