Remote Senior AI-Bio Capabilities Verification Scientist

AItoolnavio; United States; A distancia; USD 195.000 - 300.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare coverage

Conference sponsorships

Professional development allowance

401(k) matching up to 4%

Mental health allowance

Parental leave 12 weeks

PTO and flexible hours

Descripción de la vacante

AItoolnavio is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to lead experimental validation bridging AI model capabilities and real-world biology. You will design in vitro studies, manage a BSL-2 lab, and collaborate with AI researchers, wet-lab scientists, and policy stakeholders.

The role emphasizes scientific rigor, responsible experimentation, and biosecurity, with opportunities to shape a growing research program and communicate findings to researchers and policymakers.

Formación

• PhD in Virology, Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Protein Design, or related field.
• Substantial hands-on wet-lab experience with collaboration across disciplines.
• Experience with biological agents requiring BSL-2 containment or higher.
• Strong experimental design capabilities including power analysis and confound management.
• Judgment on biological risks with a biosecurity lens.
• Ability to develop methods for novel research questions where established approaches may not exist.

Responsabilidades

• Design and conduct in vitro validation studies to translate AI capabilities into real biological performance.
• Develop experimental approaches with short turnaround times to inform AI model evaluation.
• Ensure scientific rigor across verification studies including controls and reproducibility.
• Translate capability-verification tasks into executable experiments with safe proxy systems.
• Interpret findings and assess implications in biological threat models.
• Collaborate with computational teams to identify in silico correlates of wet-lab findings.
• Oversee wet-lab personnel in planning and execution of studies.
• Contribute to task specifications and design for AI-enabled biological research.
• Develop demonstrations for policymakers and AI organizations with robust evidence.
• Contribute to technical reports, publications, and dashboards tracking AI bio capabilities.
• Help shape the research program and expand the BSL-2 facility.

Conocimientos

PhD in Virology

Postdoctoral experience

Wet-lab experience

BSL-2 containment experience

Statistical power analysis

Biosecurity risk assessment

Python or R

Benchling/LIMS

Liquid-handling automation

Confidentiality and data handling

Educación

PhD in Virology, Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Protein Design, or related

Herramientas

Protein-design models

Biological sequence models

AI coding tools

Liquid-handling automation

Benchling

LIMS

Descripción del empleo

AItoolnavio is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to lead experimental validation bridging AI model capabilities and real-world biology. You will design in vitro studies, manage a BSL-2 lab, and collaborate with AI researchers, wet-lab scientists, and policy stakeholders.

The role emphasizes scientific rigor, responsible experimentation, and biosecurity, with opportunities to shape a growing research program and communicate findings to researchers and policymakers.