Lila Sciences - Senior / Principal Materials Scientist, AI Safety

Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$268k - $268k+ Equity1w ago

In Office Principal NA Materials Manufacturing Principal Materials Engineer

Requirements

• Deep expertise (a PhD, or comparable experience) in materials science or a closely related discipline, with a strong grasp of the relationships between structure, properties, processing and applications. Relevant backgrounds include particulate, porous and formulated systems; and structural and functional materials, including thin films, electrochemical materials and metals and alloys. • Substantive experience assessing dual-use risks in a relevant area, with a strong understanding of harmful applications such as nuclear proliferation, radiological misuse, weapons-related capabilities (e.g. energetics) or other consequential materials risks. • Sound judgment about physical possibility, practical feasibility and uncertainty, together with the ability to investigate risks beyond your immediate specialism. • The ability to identify appropriate specialists, evaluate technical evidence and synthesize contributions across scientific and security disciplines. • Clear scientific communication, independent research judgment and an ability to collaborate across science, engineering and policy. • Prior experience applying materials or related physical-science expertise to AI safety through one or more of: threat analysis, evaluations or red teaming, or mitigation design. • Experience commissioning specialist research or assessing emerging technologies across disciplinary boundaries. • Experience with computational materials science, advanced manufacturing or automated synthesis and characterization.

Benefits

• We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact. • U.S. Benefits. Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program. • International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market. • $268,000—$384,000 USD • Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves. • LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai. • Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply. • We’re All In • Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. • Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy. • A Note to Agencies • A Note to Agencies • Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.