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San Francisco, California, United States
Source: Medra careers · View original posting
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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.
As a scientist on our forward-deployed team, your objective is to embed yourself with your scientific counterparts at the customer, acting as a true partner on their team to ensure that the Medra platform is achieving scientific outcomes and driving value for the organization.
You will become an expert in our customer’s science, deeply understanding their scientific requirements and applying the scientific method (hypothesis, design, experimentation, analysis) to test and validate the fidelity of our Physical AI Scientist platform for their workflows. 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.
Internally, you will partner closely with the engagement manager and forward-deployed engineers to drive a successful deployment. You will work alongside an elite team of robotics, software, and hardware engineers to provide scientific oversight during scoping, build, and deployment. 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. This is a unique opportunity to use your skillset to what will be a step-change in drug discovery through artificial intelligence and robotics, and will offer significantly more exposure than working in a traditional biotech or pharma role.
Be the scientific subject matter expert - understand customer requirements and provide biological context to guide scoping, product development, and capability prioritization.
Design & execute wet-lab experiments to validate Medra’s autonomous Physical AI against scientific KPIs/metrics
Deploy on-site to our customer’s labs - embed with their scientists to validate the science, conduct hands-on training on the robot & instruments, and provide ongoing support as they ramp up usage
Master's degree + 3 years of experience OR PhD in biological sciences or related field
Deep scientific expertise as evidenced by a track record of top-tier publications / presentations
Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
Innate curiosity about science and technology
(OPTIONAL) Bonus Points If You Have:
Expertise in adapting scientific workflows for execution with robotics and automation equipment / instrumentation
Hands-on experience with emerging AI/ML tools and technologies
Familiarity with enterprise software platforms and integrations with lab systems (ELN, LIMS, etc.).
Experience in dynamic, start-up environments.
401k
Medical insurance and dental Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Weekday lunches and dinners
This position is 100% in-person, you must be able to come on-site to our San Francisco office. We offer relocation benefits for applicants who need to relocate. Travel is required, up to 25-50%.
We value diversity at Medra and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Medra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
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