Currently tracking 39 active AI roles, down 40% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $128k–$500k (avg $253k).
Lila Sciences currently has 53 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are in the agents stage, accounting for 43% of the openings. Engineering is the top function for hiring, followed by Research. The company is primarily hiring in the United States. Frequently tagged technologies include agent orchestration, model serving, and evals, suggesting a focus on agent-based AI systems and their deployment. Over the last 30 days, Lila Sciences has posted 12 new AI roles, representing a 25% decrease compared to the previous 30-day period.
Lila Sciences currently has 51 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: AI Residency Program, Material Science (2026 Cohort), Co-Op, AI Security, Co-Op, Automation, Co-Op, Autonomous SEM, Co-Op, Data Extraction. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Lila Sciences's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (43%), data (22%), post-training (20%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Lila Sciences is hiring AI talent in: United States (51 roles).
Job postings at Lila Sciences most frequently mention: Materials Science, Biotech, Machine Learning, Python, Software Engineering.
In the past 30 days, Lila Sciences has posted 10 new AI-related roles. That is a -37% change versus the prior 30 days (16 → 10).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| AISF Operational Systems Coordinator This role supports the operationalization of AI Science Factory (AISF) engineering systems infrastructure, focusing on lifecycle systems, deployment workflows, engineering standards, and operational infrastructure to scale AI Science Factories. It involves cross-functional coordination with engineering, robotics, software, and IT/OT teams to establish scalable operational foundations. The role emphasizes lightweight, usable, and consistently adopted operational standards, rather than traditional quality administration or heavy compliance management. | — | 0 |
| Shift Supervisor, Research Operations This role is for a Shift Supervisor in Research Operations at Lila Sciences, focusing on the reliable execution of automated lab workflows. The supervisor will serve as the technical lead for engineers, ensuring quality and operational performance, troubleshooting issues, and managing shift handoffs. The role requires experience in lab automation, operating automated liquid handling platforms, and leading teams in a fast-paced environment. | — | 0 |
| Co-op, Materials Science, Electrosynthesis This role supports Lila's electrosynthesis program by conducting experiments, characterizing materials, and generating experimental data. The role collaborates with engineering, software, and data teams to refine experimental workflows and contributes to building autonomous laboratory workflows in electrochemical sciences. | — | 0 |
| Contractor, Recruiting Coordinator Contractor, Recruiting Coordinator role focused on managing interview logistics, improving recruiting processes, and ensuring data integrity within Greenhouse and Outlook. Requires 2+ years of experience in recruiting coordination or talent operations, with proficiency in ATS systems and strong organizational skills. | — | 0 |
| Lead Recruiter, Go to Market Lead Recruiter for a company building Scientific Superintelligence. This role focuses on end-to-end recruiting for go-to-market, corporate development, and other business functions. The recruiter will partner with senior leaders to translate strategy into hiring plans and manage searches for talent. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer I / Technical Program Manager, Hardware & Controls Engineering This role is for a Senior Engineer I / Technical Program Manager within the Hardware and Controls Engineering team. The primary focus is on driving the execution of multidisciplinary hardware, controls, and software platform programs. Responsibilities include program-level coordination, project management (milestones, procurement, resourcing, vendor coordination), and cross-functional alignment to ensure ambitious engineering efforts stay on track. The role involves managing complex engineering programs from concept through commissioning in regulated and industrial environments, ensuring alignment with product architectures and IT standards, and overseeing vendor performance. Experience in systems integration, quality management systems, and managing multidisciplinary teams is required. While the company is AI-focused, this specific role is centered on program management for hardware and controls engineering, not direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 0 |
| Contractor, Maintenance Engineering Technician I/II This role is for a Maintenance Engineering Technician responsible for executing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of instruments within Lila's AI Science Factories. The focus is on ensuring instrument uptime and performance in a highly automated lab environment, supporting scientific discovery. | — | 0 |
| Co-op, Mechanical Engineer Mechanical Engineering Co-Op role focused on designing, building, and testing hardware systems for autonomous scientific discovery, working alongside AI/ML researchers and engineers. | — | 0 |
| Scientist II, Mechanics & Extreme Materials Scientist II role focused on driving closed-loop learning for extreme materials (coatings, metal alloys) within an autonomous science platform. Responsibilities include defining experimental methods, integrating characterization outputs into ML training datasets, and leading experimental design. Requires PhD in a relevant field, expertise in mechanical and microstructural characterization, and a track record in developing performance-driven materials. Bonus points for experience with autonomous workflows and ML-guided design. | — | 0 |
| Senior Research Associate , Automated Chemistry This role focuses on hands-on high throughput experimentation using automated platforms for chemical synthesis, reaction optimization, and product screening. It involves developing and deploying integrated workflows and automation engineering solutions, troubleshooting instrument errors, and collaborating with scientists and engineers. The role requires a background in chemistry or a related field, experience in wet lab environments, and familiarity with automation and chemical handling. | — | 0 |
| Engineer II /Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Software Engineer to build and maintain a discrete event simulation platform that serves as a fast, lightweight complement to high-fidelity robotics simulations. This platform will be the primary testbed for iterating on scheduling strategies, fleet coordination algorithms, and capacity planning, exercising the same core decision-making code that runs in production. | — | 0 |
| Lab Operations Specialist I (Contract) This role supports second-shift operations within AI Science Factory (AISF) environments, focusing on maintaining laboratory readiness, managing material flow, and ensuring laboratory systems are operational for scientific workflows and automation platforms. It involves routine operational tasks, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration. | — | 0 |
| Associate / Engineer I, ResOps, Synthesis The Associate / Engineer I, ResOps, Synthesis role at Lila Sciences focuses on hands-on materials synthesis and characterization within a high-throughput Research Operations team. This role involves preparing reagents, following SOPs, monitoring workflow performance, and collaborating with scientists and engineers. It requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific or engineering field and experience in wet lab environments, chemical handling, and materials synthesis. Bonus points are given for experience with specific materials, high-throughput environments, troubleshooting synthesis tools, and automated workflows. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer II / Staff Engineer, Electromechanical Technician This role is for an Electromechanical Technician who will be responsible for building, assembling, and troubleshooting custom automated instruments, workcells, and experimental equipment to support frontier research in life and physical sciences. The technician will work from designs provided by engineering, perform mechanical and electrical assembly, participate in system integration and debugging, and provide feedback to engineering teams. The role requires an Associate's degree or equivalent, strong mechanical and electrical skills, familiarity with automation components, and the ability to read technical drawings. | — | 0 |
| Project Manager, Facilities Management Project Manager for Facilities Management at Lila Sciences, responsible for the end-to-end delivery of capital projects including lab buildouts, HVAC upgrades, and new site development. This role supports the company's research operations by managing project lifecycles, vendor relationships, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. The role requires experience in facilities capital projects, particularly in technical or laboratory environments, and strong project management skills. | — | 0 |
| Staff DevOps Engineer, Software, Product Operations The Staff/Principal DevOps Engineer will drive the design, implementation, and optimization of infrastructure and delivery platforms, bridging platform engineering, SRE, and DevOps. This role focuses on building scalable, automated systems for fast, reliable software delivery in cloud and Kubernetes environments, collaborating with various engineering and scientific teams. Responsibilities include building Kubernetes systems, CI/CD pipelines, IaC with Terraform, AWS cloud infrastructure, platform tooling, reliability engineering, software supply chain practices, and QA/testing infrastructure, with automation in Python or Go. | — | 0 |
| Chemistry Technical Program Manager This role is for a Technical Program Manager to manage the execution of chemistry experiments within an autonomous science platform. The TPM will own project plans, cross-functional dependencies, and blockers, working closely with the Chemistry domain lead and platform partners (Automation, ML, Engineering). The role focuses on operational rigor and enabling scientific work to happen at speed and scale, rather than directing scientific work itself. | — | 0 |
| SCADA Engineer This role focuses on designing, developing, and implementing SCADA and PLC control systems for automated scientific equipment, integrating robotics, and troubleshooting systems within a laboratory automation context. It is primarily an engineering role focused on industrial control systems, not directly building AI/ML models. | — | 0 |
| Senior Accountant Senior Accountant role focused on scaling and refining financial operations, owning core accounting functions, implementing processes, and ensuring accurate financial reporting to support strategic decisions during a period of rapid growth and innovation at Lila Sciences, a company redefining the future of science. | — | 0 |
| Scientist I/II, Process Chemistry Develop and apply modern process chemistry approaches to support Discovery Chemistry efforts, focusing on reaction/reactor engineering, process design, high-throughput experimentation, and digitalized chemistry workflows for small molecules. This role requires a hands-on scientist with strong foundations in synthetic and process chemistry, an engineering mindset, and experience building practical, scalable, and data-rich experimental workflows. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer, Instrument Simulations This role is for a Principal Software Engineer focused on architecting and leading the development of a laboratory automation platform. The core responsibility involves designing simulation infrastructure and integration layers that connect AI-driven experimental design with physical robotic systems. While the role interacts with AI-driven design, the primary focus is on the engineering of the simulation and integration platform, not the direct development or deployment of AI models themselves. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director, Cloud Security, Compliance Lead This role is responsible for the end-to-end security, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance of Lila Sciences’ cloud environments and research workflows. The Senior Director will own cloud security architecture, policy frameworks, data protection, and compliance programs, partnering with various teams to ensure secure experimentation and maintain a robust governance program. | — | 0 |