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About the role
As a Scientist II/Senior Scientist on the Vacuum Synthesis team at Lila Sciences, you will advance the design and synthesis of functional inorganic solid-state materials in support of Lila's autonomous science platform. You will design and execute multi-step preparations across diverse chemical systems, turning phase-diagram and crystal-chemistry reasoning into prioritized synthesis pathways and experimental feedback. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- PhD in Solid-State Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related field, with 1–5 years of postdoctoral or industry experience
- A documented portfolio of novel inorganic compounds spanning multiple chemical systems
- Hands-on proficiency across multiple inorganic synthesis modalities, with comfort selecting the right approach for a given target phase
- Demonstrated experience performing materials synthesis campaigns driven by functional property targets (e.g., magnetism, nonlinear optical response, exotic charge transport, or related phenomena)
- Strong working command of complex multicomponent and multidimensional phase diagrams and the structural-chemistry principles that govern phase formation and stability
- Deep proficiency in X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques, including quantitative phase analysis and Rietveld refinement
More about this role
As a Scientist II/Senior Scientist on the Vacuum Synthesis team at Lila Sciences, you will advance the design and synthesis of functional inorganic solid-state materials in support of Lila's autonomous science platform. You will design and execute multi-step preparations across diverse chemical systems, turning phase-diagram and crystal-chemistry reasoning into prioritized synthesis pathways and experimental feedback. You will partner with other synthetic materials scientists, characterization scientists, ML researchers, and systems engineers to close the synthesis-characterization-modeling loop and accelerate Lila's path to scientific superintelligence in functional materials.
- Design and execute synthesis campaigns across multiple chemical systems and structure families, drawing on the breadth of solid-state preparative chemistry (melt routes, flux, vapor transport, soft-chemical, topochemical, single-crystal growth, and unconventional or high-pressure environments as the target phase demands).
- Translate phase-diagram, crystal-chemistry, and structure-property reasoning into concrete, prioritized synthesis pathways for novel functional inorganic compounds.
- Access metastable...
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