Senior Research Scientist, AI Bio Capabilities Verification

SecureBio; United States; Vor Ort; USD 195.000 - 300.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Comprehensive healthcare

Flexible work hours and PTO

Development opportunities with SponsS

401(k) match up to 4%

Referral bonus $5,500

Zusammenfassung

SecureBio in the Bay Area is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to design and run in vitro capability-verification experiments that test how AI models perform in real biology. You will shape study design, ensure rigor, and oversee a wet-lab team building out a new BSL-2 facility.

You’ll work with a multidisciplinary group to translate verification results into in silico correlates, publish reports, and contribute to dashboards used by researchers, AI firms, and policymakers.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in virology, molecular biology, synthetic biology, protein design, or related field.
• Hands-on wet-lab depth with interface across disciplines.
• Experience with ≥ BSL-2 agents.
• Strong experimental design skills: power, controls, confound management.
• Calibrated judgment about biological risk.
• Ability to define novel methods for non-standardized work.
• Commitment to ethics, documentation, and reproducibility.
• Handling confidential biosecurity information with discretion.
• Alignment with SecureBio's mission.
• Practical experience with biological AI tools.

Aufgaben

• Design and run in vitro validations of capabilities for LLMs and biological AI models.
• Own experimental design rigor: power, controls, bias mitigation, replicability.
• Translate verification tasks into executable experiments using safe proxies.
• Assess results in the context of major threat models.
• Turn verification findings into in silico correlates with the evals team.
• Oversee wet lab technical team in implementation and execution of studies.
• Contribute to study design for AI uplift of biology research.
• Design demonstrations for policymakers and frontier labs, clearly presented.
• Contribute to reports and public dashboards on AI biology trends.

Kenntnisse

PhD in biosciences

Wet-lab depth

BSL-2 experience

Experimental design

Biological risk judgment

Novel method design

Ethics and reproducibility

Biosecurity info handling

SecureBio mission alignment

Biological AI tools

Python

R

Claude Code

Codex

Benchling

LIMS

Ausbildung

PhD in relevant field

Tools

Benchling

LIMS

Python

R

Claude Code

Codex

Jobbeschreibung

SecureBio in the Bay Area is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to design and run in vitro capability-verification experiments that test how AI models perform in real biology. You will shape study design, ensure rigor, and oversee a wet-lab team building out a new BSL-2 facility.

You’ll work with a multidisciplinary group to translate verification results into in silico correlates, publish reports, and contribute to dashboards used by researchers, AI firms, and policymakers.