Generate Biomedicines
Scientist II, Functional Bioassays & High Throughput Screening
$114K–$150K
Somerville, MA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Somerville, MA
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- PhD: approximately 2+ years of industry or postdoctoral experience; or MS: approximately 5+ years of relevant industry or academic research experience; or BS: approximately 7+ years of relevant industry or academic research experience.
- Education
- PhD in a related discipline; or MS; or BS.
About the job
Develops and runs functional assays and high-throughput screening campaigns, producing data to guide therapeutic programs and AI/ML-enabled design cycles.
What you'll do
- Design, optimize, troubleshoot, and execute cell-based and biochemical assays and screening campaigns.
- Analyze experimental data and communicate results to inform program decisions and therapeutic optimization.
- Support automation integration and coordinate functional assay work across programs and teams.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience with cell-based, biochemical, and functional assays.
- Experience with mammalian cell culture and plate-based assay workflows.
- Experience designing, optimizing, and executing high-throughput screening in 384- or 1536-well formats.
- PhD with approximately 2+ years of industry or postdoctoral experience; or MS with approximately 5+ years of relevant experience; or BS with approximately 7+ years of relevant experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with ion-channel or GPCR assays.
- Experience with ADC, organoid, primary-cell, engineered-cell-line, or laboratory automation workflows.
Pay
$114,000 — $150,000 USD per year, base salary
Tools
ELISA, HTRF, AlphaLISA, flow cytometry, Spotfire, Dotmatics, ScreenWorks, Harmony
AI focus
Generates functional data to inform AI/ML-enabled design cycles and therapeutic optimization.
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