# Scientist II / Senior Scientist, Electron Diffraction Characterization

Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is seeking a Scientist II / Senior Scientist, Electron Diffraction Characterization to join the Materials Science team within the Autonomous Science Platform. The Autonomous Science Platform combines experimental science, automation, AI, and software to accelerate materials discovery. This role turns electron diffraction and microstructure measurements into trusted, machine-readable data that supports crystal structure determination, materials characterization, automated workflows, and model development. You will lead method development, validation, and operation for electron diffraction characterization workflows, with emphasis on micro-ED and/or EBSD. You will prepare samples, run measurements, interpret diffraction and microstructure data, troubleshoot data-quality issues, and establish workflows that make characterization outputs accurate, reproducible, and fit for purpose. You will also translate electron diffraction expertise into scalable analyzer pipelines. Partnering with ML, software, automation, and experimental teams, you will define metadata, quality-control checks, provenance, and analysis workflows that make diffraction data reliable

- **Id**: 924415
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lila-sciences-scientist-ii-senior-scientist-electron-diffraction-characterization>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-15T00:40:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T19:10:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 59
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6014
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Laboratory & Pharmaceutical Robotics, AI Research Labs, AI for Science

## Company

- **Id**: 65163
- **Name**: Lila Sciences
- **Domain**: lila.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lila-ai>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.436
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 78
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 128000
- **Max**: 198000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 198000

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 59

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-15T05:18:50Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 29; Filings 12m: 29

## Liveness

- **Score**: 51
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.845
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 58
- **Expected fill days**: 78
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:late, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 198000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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