Adaptyv
Biotech
Scientist,AnalyticalCharacterization(HPLC&MassSpec)
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“Scientist, Analytical Characterization (HPLC & Mass Spec) at Adaptyv. Skills: HPLC, Mass Spectrometry, Analytical Characterization. Develop analytical methods hands-on. Validate analytical methods hands-on”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot instruments; Troubleshoot methods
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep, hands-on expertise in HPLC and mass spectrometry, Method development and validation for proteins/biologics, Applied industry experience in analytical characterization, Experience in production, manufacturing, QC, or commercial CRO setting, Expertise on the antibody/biologics analytical stack, Experience setting up new capabilities
Nice to Have
Comfort turning method data into pipelines, Scripting / data fluency
What You'll Do.
Develop analytical methods hands-on
Validate analytical methods hands-on
Run analytical methods hands-on
Build analytical characterization menu
Partner with lab automation
Bring methods onto automated systems
Work with software team
Build analysis pipelines
Turn spectra into results
Turn chromatograms into results
Troubleshoot instruments
Define acceptance criteria
Own integrity of reports
Advise customers on data meaning
Advise internal teams on data meaning
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work across teams; Work with biology team; Work with lab automation; Work with software; Work with automation engineers; Work with software people
Communication Scope
Advise customers; Advise internal teams
Full Job Description
Adaptyv is building an automated lab thats let AI agents run biology experiments. We're entering the era of agentic science where AI models can now design novel proteins, propose hypotheses, and iterate on experimental results. But they can't run the experiments themselves - that's still a manual, months-long process. We're building the infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world. We are one of the fastest growing biotech companies, trusted by leading biopharmas, frontier AI labs, and the techbio companies pushing the field forward. This is a rare chance to help advance some of the most important work happening in biotech today. Our automated lab is powered by a deep software + hardware stack: lab instruments worth millions of USD reverse-engineered into API-controllable hardware, dozens of devices orchestrated through complex workflows, full observability on everything that happens in the lab, processing pipelines for messy physical-world data, and AI systems that troubleshoot production results and accelerate assay development. We’re growing rapidly and are hiring for talented people to scale and support the massive demand for AI-driven wet lab experimentation. ABOUT THE ROLE You'll build out analytical characterization at Adaptyv — the forensic layer that tells a customer the truth about their molecule: its identity, purity, integrity, aggregation state, and modifications. HPLC and mass spectrometry are the core of this, applied across the full antibody stack and beyond. This is a build role, not a service-desk role. Today these methods are bespoke; your job is to turn them into automated, high-throughput, productized characterization that any customer can order and trust. You'll develop the methods hands-on, then work across teams to make them a reliable part of the platform — with the biology team to fit them into workflows, with lab automation to scale and automate them, and with software to capture, process, and interpret the data. You'll
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