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Senior Research Associate, Assay Development

Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering Salary
Cambridge, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/12/2025
🚀 About Lila

Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, we encourage you to apply.

🌟 Your Impact at Lila

Lila is looking for a skilled High Throughput Assay Development and Automation Scientist to join our dynamic R&D team. The ideal candidate will bring experience in assay development utilizing automated systems, contributing to the acceleration of our discovery pipeline through the optimizing and implementation of high-throughput screening assays. Familiarity with AI-guided protein design is a plus.

🛠️ What You'll Be Building

  • Develop and optimize robust biochemical and cell-based assays suitable for high-throughput screening.
  • Validate assay performance metrics such as sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility, and robustness.
  • Develop and troubleshoot automated protocols to ensure efficient workflow integration.
  • Collaborate with automation engineers, implement assays on automated platforms using liquid handling robots and other laboratory automation equipment.
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to integrate AI-guided protocol optimization into the molecular validation process.

🧰 What You’ll Need To Succeed

  • BS/ MS in Biology, Biotechnology or a related field.
  • 2-5 years of experience in development HTS cell-based assay development
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Quick learner with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment

✨ Bonus Points For

  • Experience with Python programming is a plus.

🌈 We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

🤝 A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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