Lila Sciences
Platform Scientist I/II, Functional Materials Instrumentation
$108K–$170K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA - Education
- PhD or equivalent experience in applied physics, materials science, chemistry, or a related field.
About the job
Designs and integrates custom instruments and workflows for fabricating, characterizing, and testing functional materials and devices in automated research settings.
What you'll do
- Establish fabrication and measurement workflows for functional materials.
- Specify, source, assemble, and validate synthesis and characterization systems, emphasizing optical methods.
- Integrate instrumentation into autonomous and AI-driven experiments; improve designs using experimental feedback and team input.
What they ask for
- PhD or equivalent experience in applied physics, materials science, chemistry, or a related field.
- Expertise in a functional-materials domain, such as semiconductors, photonics, or superconducting materials.
- Expertise in solid state syntheses and characterization for functional materials.
- Proven ability to build and integrate hardware for novel and high throughput experimentation.
Nice to have
- Software for controls, data collection, and analysis; CAD, machining/3D printing, or rapid prototyping.
- Knowledge of AI/ML-driven discovery workflows or autonomous lab platforms; experience with class 4 lasers.
Pay
$108,000 — $170,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CAD, AI/ML
AI focus
Integrate instrumentation into autonomous lab and AI-driven experimental workflows; knowledge of AI/ML-driven discovery workflows or autonomous lab platforms is a plus.
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