🚀 About Lila Sciences
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
At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.
If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.
🌟 Your Impact at Lila
Lila Sciences is seeking a thoughtful and dynamic Director/Sr Director of Synthesis to join our team. The individual will help to shape our physical sciences synthesis efforts through the leadership of an exceptional team. ideation of new scientific campaigns, and establishment of critical capabilities and valuable workflows. The role reports into the Head of R&D.
Location: Cambridge, MA
🛠️ What You'll Be Building
- Lead a team of scientists and engineers across all synthesis efforts
- Contribute to the ideation of new scientific campaigns in an effort to bring new materials for sustainability into the world
- Execute synthesis steps in scientific campaigns
- Work closely with Product Managers to design ideal synthesis workflows, and clearly communicate synthesis results
- Troubleshoot workflows and instruments related to synthesis efforts
- Provide expertise to Product Managers to support the development of target product profiles, updating synthesis capabilities as needed to deliver product candidates
- Collaborate with Characterization, Testing, Software, ML, and Automation/Engineering teams to ensure data flow from all synthesis capabilities
- Collaborate with Physical Sciences leadership to identify consultants to support new capability builds
- Project manage the build of experiment capabilities and their deployment in science campaigns
- Manage synthesis CAPEX including vendor relationships and budget requests
- Assist in synthesis strategy and planning for new and existing automated and autonomous workflows with deep integration of AI
- Demonstrate clear and thoughtful communication
🧰 What You’ll Need to Succeed
- Experience synthesizing materials in a variety of form factors
- Experience with methods for scaling
- Experience in design and execution of synthesis across multiple methods, e.g. PVD, CVD, sol-gel, hydrothermal, etc.
- Experience with material assembly or device integration
- Can balance strategic thinking while executing and getting into the weeds on a regular basis
- Organized with strong project management skills
- Data focused with experience dominated by experimental knowledge and a leaning towards data science and computation
- Clear decision-maker, rapid learner, with an appetite for speed. Fervent desire to coach a team in that direction
- Values, communicates, and interacts with others with high levels of transparency and respect with the acumen to engage and influence at all levels within the company
✨ Bonus Points For
- Experience with automation of synthesis methods
- Experience with online monitoring of synthesis
- Experience with regulatory requirements for commercialization of materials
🌈 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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