Scientists automate protocols with Medra’s autonomous robotic system. Backed by Lux and Menlo.
About the role
We are looking for a Scientist to join our team and to develop and execute antibody screening and characterization on the Medra Physical AI platform. You will support our tissue culture operations, design and run in vitro and cell-based assays to characterize antibody candidates, and contribute to building out the lab capabilities that make all of this possible — from new assay formats to the automated workflows that execute them at scale.
What they're looking for
- Ph.D. in cell biology, immunology, biochemistry, or a related discipline with 2+ years of industry experience, or a B.S./M.S. with 6+ years of deep, hands-on industry experience
- Strong background in mammalian cell culture and sterile technique, with a track record of maintaining healthy, reproducible cell lines for assay work
- Deep hands-on expertise in flow cytometry, including high-throughput formats and panel design
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing cell-based functional assays for antibody characterization (binding, potency, mechanism-of-action, or similar)
- Working understanding of antibody structure, function, and the therapeutic antibody discovery process
- Comfort establishing target-overexpressing cell lines and evaluating/implementing new assay technologies
More about this role
At Medra, our mission is to use AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research, with the ultimate goal of eradicating disease. We have been quietly building the foundational layers of our Physical AI Scientist platform:
🤖 Physical AI that can operate scientific instruments with human-level dexterity.
🧪 Scientific AI that can analyze results, reason about next steps, and close the loop autonomously.
This is an incredibly ambitious mission, but we believe that a team of ambitious people with high ownership can accomplish incredible things.
• We're a team of passionate, mission-driven engineers and scientists from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink. We're collaborative and love moving fast, both with our product and on team trips skiing or go-karting!
• As a team, we love nerding out about engineering and robotics — plus other topics like race cars or cooking. We like learning new things and then sharing our new knowledge with each other.
• Our team is opinionated and straightforward. We don't mind intense discussions about design tradeoffs. If we have arguments or miscommunication, we resolve conflicts quickly and empathetically.
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