AI Frontier Projects Lead — Chemical & Bio Engineering

Spectrum Search; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Search is partnering with a venture-backed AI company in San Francisco seeking an engineer with a life sciences background to shape how frontier AI models learn and are evaluated. You will blend technical depth with project leadership, influencing model training and assessment in a fast-paced setting.

Join a team that collaborates with top AI labs to deliver next-generation data solutions, guiding projects from scoping to delivery and working across multiple domains to drive revenue and

Qualifications

• 2-10 years' hands-on professional engineering experience (beyond internships).
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD/MD) in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry or related field.
• Experience across multiple engineering or life sciences domains.
• Coding experience (e.g. Python) or use of simulation/analysis tools (e.g. Aspen Plus, MATLAB, COMSOL or bioinformatics pipelines).
• Exposure to CAD, circuits or chip design; familiarity with AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with leading AI organisations to design and deliver next-generation data solutions that push model capability forward and drive revenue.
• Coordinate highly specialised contributors across domains such as finance, software engineering and law to produce high-quality outputs at scale.
• Design dataset specifications that directly influence how frontier models are evaluated and improved.
• Take critical projects from idea to delivery, covering scoping, execution, iteration and shipping in a fast-paced environment.
• Support initiatives across the business, building, analysing, coordinating and executing wherever you're needed most.

Education

MS/PhD/MD in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry or related field

Job description

Spectrum Search is partnering with a venture-backed AI company in San Francisco seeking an engineer with a life sciences background to shape how frontier AI models learn and are evaluated. You will blend technical depth with project leadership, influencing model training and assessment in a fast-paced setting.

Join a team that collaborates with top AI labs to deliver next-generation data solutions, guiding projects from scoping to delivery and working across multiple domains to drive revenue and