Medra
Scientist, Biology
San Francisco
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About the role
- You will be in close communication with our end users (scientists) and have your eyes and ears on the ground to help us get ahead of any issues, while taking any insights and learnings from the customer back to the company to guide improvements to our product.
- You will be a platform super-user who understands the strengths and limitations of our platform, and can apply creativity (& scientific intuition) to solve challenging problems.
- We're looking for someone who acts with urgency and thrives under pressure.
Responsibilities
- Design & execute wet-lab experiments to validate Medra's autonomous Physical AI against scientific KPIs/metrics
- Own the installation, QC, and troubleshooting/error-handing for all laboratory instruments on the Physical AI platform
- Support internal R&D on new protocols and assays, and explore emerging technologies & techniques
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
Requirements
- Master's degree + 3 years of experience OR PhD in biological sciences or related field
- Hands-on experience with emerging AI/ML tools and technologies
- Familiarity with enterprise software platforms and integrations with lab systems (ELN, LIMS, etc.).
- Travel is required, up to 25-50%.
Compensation
- $25k-$50k
Benefits
- Significant equity ownership
- Medical insurance and dental Insurance
- We offer relocation benefits for applicants who need to relocate.
Company info
- We're a team of passionate, mission-driven engineers and scientists from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink. We're collaborative and love moving fast, both with our product and on team trips skiing or go-karting!
- As a team, we love nerding out about engineering and robotics - plus other topics like race cars or cooking. We like learning new things and then sharing our new knowledge with each other.
- Our team is opinionated and straightforward. We don't mind intense discussions about design tradeoffs. If we have arguments or miscommunication, we resolve conflicts quickly and empathetically.
- We're Building:
- At Medra, our mission is to use AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research, with the ultimate goal of eradicating disease.
- We have been quietly building the foundational layers of our
- Physical AI Scientist platform:
- 🤖 Physical AI that can operate scientific instruments with human-level dexterity.
- 🧪 Scientific AI that can analyze results, reason about next steps, and close the loop autonomously.
- This is an incredibly ambitious mission, but we believe that a team of ambitious people with high ownership can accomplish incredible things.
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