Lila Sciences at a glance
Lila Sciences
Your Impact at LILA
Lila Sciences is seeking a relentless executor and strategic operator to spearhead our Instrument Development initiatives and lead our Virtual Lab Team. As the Director of Instrument Development Acceleration, you will be responsible for getting instruments online, fast, reliably, and at scale. The role is for someone who thrives in high-throughput environments and measures success in instruments shipped.
What You’ll Be Building
- Set clear expectations, remove obstacles quickly, and keep the team focused on delivery over deliberation.
- Own the rapid design and development of laboratory instruments across the full lifecycle, from concept to operational in the lab, at high volume.
- Architect and implement integration frameworks connecting virtual laboratory environments with physical instrumentation and robotic systems.
- Maintain rigorous hardware-software integration standards, system performance benchmarks, and quality assurance processes without letting them become bottlenecks.
- Make pragmatic technical decisions across software, hardware, and systems integration that keep momentum, escalating only what truly needs escalation.
- Work tightly with AI researchers, software engineers, and robotics teams to drive fast, efficient system integration and deployment.
- Communicate clearly and concisely on status, blockers, and decisions to stakeholders at all levels.
- Build and refine lean development practices that prioritize speed, system reliability, and repeatable quality assurance.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field. Ph.D. is a plus but not required.
- At least 10 years in engineering or technical leadership, with a proven record of delivering complex systems at scale and on time.
- Strong hands-on coding ability in C++, Python, or Java, with deep experience in hardware-software integration.
- Proven ability to lead complex systems integration across software, hardware, and robotic platforms.
- A problem-solver who makes decisions with imperfect information and keeps moving.
- Clear, direct communicator who can align engineers and stakeholders without unnecessary overhead.
Bonus Points For
- Experience with agile or lean development methodologies in high-throughput environments.
- Hands-on knowledge of AI, robotics, and simulation technologies as applied to laboratory instrumentation and automation.
- Experience with system monitoring, performance optimization, and QA in hardware-software environments.
- Track record of scaling teams and processes during periods of rapid growth.
Compensation
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.
About LILA
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.
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.
Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
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.
To apply for this job please visit job-boards.greenhouse.io.
Explore Lila Sciences online
What people say about Lila Sciences
- High-Entropy Alloy
- Hellenistic War-Elephants and the Use of Alcohol Before Battle
- Statement on AI Risk
- Mean ages of first/best contribution to various fields
Recent news
- From Materials Simulation to Experimental Astronomy, New NVIDIA AI Software Unlocks Scientific Discoveries - NVIDIA Blog
- 25. Lila Sciences - CNBC
- Lila Sciences Said in Talks for Funds at $8.5 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg.com
- Lila Sciences in talks for $2B funding at $8.5B valuation - Bloomberg - Investing.com
- Lila Sciences eyes $8.5b valuation, Suno's $5.4b, and Aeon's sport ambitions shrink - Axios
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dating back to as early as the Bronze Age, and Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking eras. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although mod
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. England shares a land border with Scotland to the north and another land border with Wales to the west, and is surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and
Source: Wikipedia (state)
Market context
- Similar listings in Cambridge, MA USA 1
Job details above are provided by the employer/source. The sections on this page are compiled from public data sources with AI assistance.
Accommodations: if you need a workplace accommodation to apply for or perform this job, see ADA.gov or EEOC.gov for guidance on your rights and how to request one.
Keep exploring on Get A Job.ai
Not quite the right fit? Your next opportunity is a click away.
- Browse all jobs
- More jobs by category
- Remote jobs you can do from anywhere
- Research typical pay for this role
- Set a job alert so new matches reach you first
- Upload your resume to apply faster
Hiring instead? Post a job and reach candidates searching right now.