Scientist, Biophysical Characterization (SPR/BLI)
MedraAI-powered Robotics company
San Francisco, United StatesSenior
Human Capital
Lux Capital
Menlo Ventures
Neo
NFDG
Catalio Capital Management
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Scientist to own biophysical characterization using SPR/BLI on an AI-driven platform.
- •{"about_the_role": "Medra is building a Physical AI Scientist platform using AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research and eradicate disease.
- •This role will own biophysical characterization on the platform, developing and scaling label-free binding assays like SPR and BLI into autonomous, high-throughput workflows.", "key_responsibilities": ["Develop, validate, and run SPR and BLI assays for antibody and binder characterization.", "Design assay strategies and build new biophysical capabilities end-to-end.", "Partner with roboticists and software engineers to translate manual workflows into autonomous protocols.", "Develop rigorous data analysis and QC frameworks for kinetics fitting and developability flags.", "Integrate biophysical data with orthogonal characterization methods."], "requirements": ["Ph.D. in biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, or related discipline with 2+ years of industry experience, OR B.S./M.S. with 6+ years of deep, hands-on industry experience.", "Deep hands-on expertise with SPR and/or BLI, including assay development and data analysis.", "Strong command of binding kinetics theory and its practical pitfalls.", "Demonstrated experience developing and qualifying biophysical assays from scratch.", "Working understanding of antibody structure, function, and therapeutic antibody discovery."]}
Required skills
PythonR
Nice-to-have skills
PythonR
Domain expertise
biotech
Benefits & perks
Significant equity ownership, 401k, Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Unlimited PTO, Weekday lunches and dinners
Tech stack
PythonRGitLinuxPostgreSQLMySQLRedisElasticsearchDynamoDBAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDuty
