Breakout Ventures · 2 months ago
Member of the Technical Staff - Biomedical Scientist
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelBreakout Ventures is focused on leveraging AI to facilitate the transfer of scientific innovations into real-world applications. The Member of the Technical Staff - Biomedical Scientist will design and optimize experimental protocols, partner with AI/ML teams, and support customer deployments to enhance reproducibility and scalability in biomedicine.
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Responsibilities
Design, execute, and optimize experimental protocols across molecular and cellular biology domains with a focus on reproducibility and transferability and integration with AI ML models
Partner with our AI/ML and software teams to generate high-quality, structured data from experimental workflows—including edge cases and failure modes—that inform product design
Identify critical variables and hidden steps in experimental workflows, documenting processes in a way that enables robust handoff to humans and machines alike
Collaborate with internal R&D teams to scale and stress-test protocols across different lab environments, automation platforms, and execution conditions
Support customer deployments by embedding into partner labs, piloting new workflows, troubleshooting edge cases, and capturing lessons learned
Act as a bridge between the field and our product/engineering teams, articulating real-world constraints and needs to shape the development of tools and infrastructure
Develop and maintain experimental benchmarking frameworks to validate reproducibility, accuracy, and scalability across lab settings
Play a key role in shaping how we operationalize the capture of tacit biological know-how—from protocol intent to executional nuance
Become customer obsessed. Initiate, support, and lead program execution with external partners and collaborators to capture, document, and deliver results
Stay on top of the latest research in biomedicine and life sciences with an eye to integrate ML/AI and evaluate its applicability to our platform
Qualification
Required
PhD or advanced degree in Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, or a related field
Demonstrated hands-on lab experience (industry or academic) with modern wet lab techniques including cell culture, protein engineering, and/or automation
Familiarity with digital lab tools (e.g., ELNs, LIMS, lab automation systems) and a desire to improve scientific workflows
Exceptional experimental design skills with a strong bias toward documentation, reproducibility, and iteration
Ability to troubleshoot protocols systematically, with attention to both technical detail and human variability
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to cross-functional teams and collaborate on projects spanning AI, biology, and product
Located within commuting distance from Cambridge, MA
Preferred
Experience working with or supporting internal lab teams as well as direct customer-facing work in partner or external lab environments
Startup or early-stage experience preferred; comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration is a must
Demonstrated experience using AI/ML tools in research, whether for experimental design, data analysis, or predictive modeling
Benefits
Competitive salary
Equity
Benefits
Company
Breakout Ventures
Breakout Ventures is an early stage fund that backs bold scientist entrepreneurs.
Founded in 2016
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-01-01Seed
Leadership Team
Dana Watt
Partner
Julia Moore
Managing Partner
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