Senior AI-Bio Capability Verification Scientist

SecureBio, LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Unlimited PTO

Minimum 12 weeks fully-paid parental/育

401(k) match

Job summary

SecureBio is hiring a Senior Research Scientist to design and run in vitro capability-verification experiments that support our Foundational Research team’s evaluation of how in silico results translate to real biology.

You'll lead rigorous experimental design, manage a wet-lab team, and develop demonstrations for policymakers while advancing our mission to prevent catastrophic pandemics.

Qualifications

• PhD in virology, molecular biology, synthetic biology, protein design, or closely related field;博士程度者优先
• Hands-on wet-lab depth in at least one relevant area with ability to interface across others
• Experience with ≥ BSL-2 agents
• Strong experimental design skills: power analysis, controls, confound management
• Calibrated judgment about biological risk; comfort with non-standardized work
• Commitment to research ethics, documentation, and reproducibility
• Discretion handling confidential biosecurity information
• Alignment with SecureBio’s mission to prevent catastrophic pandemics
• Experience with biological AI tools and protein design models

Responsibilities

• Design and run in vitro validations of capabilities demonstrated computationally by LLMs or biological AI models
• Own experimental design rigor: power, controls, bias mitigation, replicability
• Translate verification tasks into executable experiments and proxies
• Assess results in the context of major threat models
• Collaborate with evals to convert findings into in silico correlates
• Oversee wet lab team in study implementation and execution
• Contribute to task design for AI uplift of biology research
• Create demonstrations for policymakers and frontier labs with clear results
• Contribute to reports and dashboards on AI biology capabilities

Skills

PhD in biology

Wet-lab depth

BSL-2 experience

Experimental design

biosecurity judgment

ethics & reproducibility

confidential data handling

mission alignment

AI biology tools familiarity

Education

PhD in virology, molecular biology, synthetic biology, or protein design

Tools

Benchling

LIMS

liquid handling automation

Claude/Codex style bio AI tools

Job description

SecureBio is hiring a Senior Research Scientist to design and run in vitro capability-verification experiments that support our Foundational Research team’s evaluation of how in silico results translate to real biology.

You'll lead rigorous experimental design, manage a wet-lab team, and develop demonstrations for policymakers while advancing our mission to prevent catastrophic pandemics.