Scientist I/Senior Engineer I, Pilot Lab Lead
Sail Biomedicines · Cambridge, MA
Posted 22 days ago · $100,000 - $150,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 22 days Sail Biomedicines 's roles stay open a median of 61 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of Sail Biomedicines 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Sail Biomedicines
- high 9 stale, 0 reposted of 12 open
- Hiring momentum
- 14 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-25
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About this role
The Scientist I/Senior Engineer I, Pilot Lab Lead will oversee a pilot laboratory focused on the production of engineered RNA and targeted lipid nanoparticles. This role involves managing a team while actively participating in manufacturing campaigns, ensuring efficient operations, and implementing improvements. Responsibilities include planning and executing manufacturing processes, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining documentation.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Sail Biomedicines as an employer.
What you need
- Demonstrated experience leading, supervising, or developing technical personnel.
- Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, bioprocessing, or biologics manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience executing pilot-scale or gram-scale manufacturing processes.
- Experience developing, scaling, transferring, or routinely executing biological production processes.
- Experience with relevant unit operations such as TFF, chromatography, filtration, concentration, or buffer exchange.
- Strong technical writing, documentation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Direct experience producing LNPs or tLNPs at gram scale for in vivo studies.
- Experience with RNA or eRNA synthesis, purification, and drug-substance manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience with T-mixer formulation and TFF process development or execution.
- Experience operating in a pilot-scale, process-development, GLP, or GMP-adjacent environment.
- Experience introducing new equipment or processes into an active manufacturing laboratory.
What you get
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $150,000
Worth weighing
- The role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to manage a team, which may be challenging for candidates without prior supervisory experience.
- The position involves hands-on laboratory work, which may not suit candidates looking for purely managerial roles.
- No specific information on additional benefits or perks beyond salary is provided.
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