# Scientist I/II, Characterization and Composition Analysis

Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is seeking a Scientist I/II, Characterization and Composition Analysis 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 elemental measurements into trusted, machine-readable composition data that supports scientific decisions, automated workflows, and model development. This is a hybrid experimental and software-facing role, centered on hands-on characterization with substantial analyzer development. You will work with X-ray fluorescence (XRF), SEM-based energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), wavelength-dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), and related analytical instruments. You will develop and validate methods, prepare standards and calibrations, execute measurements, interpret spectra, and troubleshoot issues from instrument, sample-preparation, and data-quality. You will also design, write, and maintain the analyzer software behind these workflows. Partnering with AI, software, and automation teams, you will build spectral processing, quantification, automated data ingestion, metad

- **Id**: 924420
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lila-sciences-scientist-iii-characterization-and-composition-analysis>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: middle
- **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**: 2026-09-15T00:39:38Z
- **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**: 6833
- **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**: 108000
- **Max**: 170000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 170000

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## 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**: 48
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.807
- **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**: 170000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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