About the job
Your Impact at Lila
The Scientist I/II, Process Chemistry will utilize cutting-edge process chemistry methodologies to enhance Discovery Chemistry initiatives across Lila’s diverse platform. This role emphasizes reaction and reactor engineering, process design, high-throughput experimentation, and digital chemistry workflows aimed at small molecules and associated molecular constructs. We seek a hands-on scientist who possesses a robust background in synthetic and process chemistry, complemented by an engineering mindset and experience in developing scalable, data-driven experimental workflows.
Collaboration is key in this role; you will work closely with teams in Discovery Chemistry, analytical chemistry, automation, platform engineering, and AI/computational science to design, implement, and refine reaction and process workflows. These improvements will enhance the speed, reliability, and scalability of chemical transformations. The Scientist I/II will play a crucial role in bridging early-stage discovery chemistry with contemporary process development by establishing efficient, digitally enabled, and automation-friendly methods for reaction screening, process optimization, and chemistry execution.
This position is perfect for a scientist passionate about the convergence of chemistry, engineering, high-throughput technologies, process intensification, and digital experimentation and eager to contribute to the evolution of next-generation process chemistry capabilities beyond traditional methods.
What You Will Be Building
- Design, execute, and optimize process-relevant chemical transformations that advance Discovery Chemistry programs and the creation of small molecules.
- Develop reaction and process workflows with a focus on engineering rigor, scalability, reproducibility, throughput, and data integrity.
- Implement high-throughput experimentation (HTE) for reaction screening, process optimization, condition scouting, and assessment of process-relevant variables.
- Create and execute workflows that integrate reaction setup, process screening, workup, analytical readout, and data capture into streamlined experimental cycles.
- Contribute to the design of digitally enabled process chemistry workflows, including structured experimental data generation, electronic documentation, and the integration of chemistry data into computational and AI-ready systems.
- Collaborate with automation and platform teams to refine reaction and process workflows for robotics-enabled experimentation.
