San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$288k–$420k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Own the technical direction for agentic AI systems applied to materials science at Lila. You will set and execute the roadmap for autonomous agents that plan, run, and interpret materials experiments,…
Skills: Agentic AI, Machine Learning, Materials Science, LLMs, Python
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$260k–$390k/yr
Your Impact at LILA The Role We're hiring a Senior Director, Software Development, Test Automation Systems to architect and build Lila's test automation platform and quality engineering practice for our AI-powered scient…
Skills: Test Automation Architecture, CI/CD Infrastructure, AI-driven Testing, Quality Engineering, Python
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$140k–$173k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila is hiring a Technical Program Manager to serve as the operational backbone for AISF program execution. The role enables program delivery through governance infrastructure, cross-team alignment, r…
Skills: Technical Program Management, Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Coordination, Risk Management, Governance Frameworks
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$256k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is building the infrastructure for autonomous science - AI systems that design experiments, run them in physical labs, and close the loop across life sciences, chemistry, and materials s…
Skills: Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, AWS, SQL
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$108k–$150k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is seeking Platform Scientists, Soft Materials Focus to ideate, prototype, and transfer new experimental concepts for AI Science Factories targeting complex and soft material systems. In…
Skills: SAXS, SANS, Rheology, Python, C++
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$204k–$346k/yr
Your Impact at LILA The Head of Chemistry will lead Lila's chemistry organization, establishing the strategic direction and team leadership that enables Chemistry to drive impact across all of Lila's discovery and platfo…
Skills: Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Nanochemistry, Process Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$94k–$158k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila is seeking a Mechanical Engineer II/Senior Engineer on our Sustaining Engineering team to improve the reliability, uptime, and lifecycle performance of deployed bench-scale robotics and mechanica…
Skills: SolidWorks, GD&T, DFMA, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$88k–$126k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila is seeking an AISF Operational Systems Coordinator to help operationalize the lifecycle systems, deployment workflows, engineering standards, and operational infrastructure required to scale AI S…
Skills: PLM Administration, Configuration Management, Deployment Coordination, Operational Infrastructure, Cross-functional Coordination
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$119k–$182k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila's Research Operations team runs the automated lab workflows that power our science. As a Shift Supervisor, you own the reliable execution of those workflows across your shift and serve as the tec…
Skills: Lab Automation, Research Operations, High-throughput Screening, Liquid Handling Platforms, Workflow Coordination
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
$148k–$208k/yr
Your Impact at LILA The Senior/Principal Scientist, Small Molecule Therapeutics will lead early hit identification efforts, leveraging their expertise in DNA-encoded libraries (DEL) and complementary screening technologi…
Skills: DNA-encoded Libraries (DEL), Small Molecule Discovery, Hit Identification, Biochemical Assay Development, Biophysical Characterization
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA We are growing our Applied AI org and seeking talented Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineers with expertise in LLM training, evaluation, and production-oriented ML systems. You’ll work on improving …
Skills: LLM Training, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, Distributed ML Training
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is seeking a Co-Op, Autonomous SEM to join the Materials Science team within the Autonomous Science Platform. This co-op will contribute to autonomous SEM workflows that make characteriz…
Skills: Python, SEM Imaging, Image Analysis, Autonomous Workflows, Electron Optics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is hiring a Support Engineer I, Automation to keep second-shift operations humming on the AI Science Factory (AISF), the automated platform driving our work in drug discovery, bioenginee…
Skills: Lab Automation, Troubleshooting, Electro-mechanical Systems, Software Triage, Technical Documentation
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila is embarking on a transformative mission to redefine the future of medicine by combining automated large-scale data generation with scientific superintelligence. At Lila, we don't just use AI to …
Skills: Python, PyTorch, JAX, Machine Learning, Computational Biology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila is actively seeking talented and motivated students to join us in ushering in a new era of scientific intelligence. Throughout your co-op, you'll have the opportunity to learn from and collaborat…
Skills: Software Development, Programming, Prototyping, Lab Automation, Hardware Tooling
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is building a new Customer Delivery & Success function, and we're looking for an Associate Director / Director, Customer Program Management to lead delivery for our physical sciences cus…
Skills: Program Management, Customer Relationship Management, Cross-functional Leadership, Strategic Judgment, Operational Excellence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila is seeking an Electrochemistry Co-op to join the Physical Sciences team and support its electrosynthesis program. Working alongside Lila scientists, you will run electrosynthesis experiments, cha…
Skills: Electrochemistry, Materials Characterization, Python, Electrosynthesis, Data Analysis
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila is building a platform where AI and automation co-evolve to solve hard problems across scientific domains. Within Life Sciences AI, we are developing autonomous-science capabilities for biologica…
Skills: Python, PyTorch, JAX, Machine Learning, Computational Biology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is building the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are pioneering a new age of discovery by applying AI…
Skills: Python, Machine Learning, Data Pipelines, Anomaly Detection, SCADA
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$204k–$310k/yr
Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is building the infrastructure for autonomous science — AI systems that design experiments, run them in physical labs, and close the loop across life sciences, chemistry, and materials s…
Skills: Enterprise SaaS, Multi-tenancy, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML
San Francisco, California, United States • On-site
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Lead the technical direction and roadmap for agentic AI systems that autonomously plan and execute materials science experiments. Manage a cross-functional team of scientists and engineers to deliver production-ready AI frameworks integrated with experimental infrastructure.
Requires a PhD in a relevant scientific or computational field with over 5 years of post-PhD experience in applied ML and agentic systems. Must possess deep expertise in LLMs, reasoning models, and Python, combined with a working knowledge of materials science or physics.
Own the technical direction for agentic AI systems applied to materials science at Lila. You will set and execute the roadmap for autonomous agents that plan, run, and interpret materials experiments, based on understanding of internal knowledge and state-of-the-art research work in public literature. Your work shifts materials research from human-paced iteration to machine-paced experimentation through scientific reasoning and understanding.
This is a player-coach role on the PS AI team. You will lead a small group of scientists and engineers, set the bar for scientific rigor and engineering quality, and partner with diverse teams so that agentic systems land on real programs. You will own the trade-offs between research ambition and production reliability, and represent the agentic-AI direction to technical leadership.
The work spans foundational research and applied delivery. You will publish where the science merits it, ship systems that materials teams depend on, and shape how Lila scales agentic capabilities across its materials portfolio.
We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.
U.S. Benefits. Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program.
International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.
Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.
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.
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Building Scientific Superintelligence
Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are building the foundation to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before.
Building Scientific Superintelligence
Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are building the foundation to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before.
