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Salary: USD 68,000 - 102,667 / annual
Lab Operations is the operational backbone that lets science move quickly. As a Lab Operations Specialist at Lila Sciences, you'll own the equipment, spaces, materials, and logistics that keep the labs running and continuously improve them.
You'll manage multiple workstreams with limited oversight, including equipment lifecycle management (preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, asset tagging, CMMS tracking), equipment installs, setup, moves, relocations, and decommissions. You'll manage consumables, PPE, gases, dry ice, and cold-storage programs, coordinate shipping, receiving, and warehouse logistics, and partner with Design and Facilities teams on new lab spaces and layouts.
You'll manage vendor relationships, service scheduling, and the Lab Ops support-ticket queue. You'll respond to equipment and cold-storage alarms, support EH&S and Procurement on compliance needs, lead lab-efficiency improvements, mentor Lab Operations Associates, and onboard scientists to lab operations workflows.
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges. The company combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery across medicine, materials, and energy.
**Requirements:**
- 3+ years of experience in lab operations or lab management, preferably in a physical sciences environment
- Experience managing and troubleshooting scientific equipment, including preventive maintenance, calibration, installs, and moves
- Strong technical and functional skills with ability to manage priorities across multiple projects
- Experience with lab inventory, asset, or work-order systems such as CMMS, ChemInventory, Jira, or Notion
- Experience coordinating vendors for service, installs, moves, and logistics
- Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Working understanding of lab safety practices and comfort partnering with EH&S on waste streams and compliance
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs, work hands-on, and move around the lab for extended periods
**Bonus qualifications:**
- 5S, Six Sigma, or other process-improvement training
- Chemical safety background, biohazard waste handling certification, or OSHA/HazMat certification
- Experience with equipment install or relocation projects, CMMS administration, or vendor management
- Experience supporting lab automation, robotics, or high-throughput environments
- Background in chemistry, biology, materials science, or a related field
