A research scientist to contribute to research and development efforts in molecular diagnostics and biosensing, translating academic research into functional, scalable proof-of-concept technologies.
Locations (3)
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Compensation
The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000 - $185,000.
Responsibilities
Identify, incubate, and translate cutting-edge academic research into functional, scalable proof-of-concept technologies in molecular diagnostics and biosensing.
Lead hands-on development and testing of prototype diagnostic systems, integrating microfluidics, and electrochemical sensing.
Collaborate closely with internal business units, engineering teams, and external academic partners to transition early-stage research into commercially viable product pipelines.
Design and execute advanced experiments for single-molecule detection, assay integration, and sample-to-answer cartridge performance.
Protect innovation through patent filings while contributing high-impact scientific publications and technical documentation.
Requirements
PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Physics, or a related discipline)
Conduct mentored research on the development and experimental validation of AI-guided design-build-test-learn (DBTL) workflows for plasmonic sensing and flexible bioelectronics.
Compensation
65,000 - 75,000
Responsibilities
Investigate experimental methods connecting materials and device fabrication with calibrated optical, electrical, electrochemical, or multimodal measurements
Perform synchronized acquisition, reliability assessment, and uncertainty-aware model validation
Maintain reproducible experiment records
Contribute to validated materials-, geometry-, interface-, and process-to-sensing relationships
Work on digital-twin validation and machine-readable provenance
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