Scientific Project Manager
CuspAI is an AI-for-science company developing an AI platform for targeted materials discovery.
Funding history
About CuspAI
CuspAI combines generative AI, high-fidelity simulation, synthesis planning, and laboratory validation to develop novel materials for applications including semiconductors, energy, water purification, and climate technology.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own partner-lab onboarding and translate experimental workflows into product requirements. You will shape roadmaps, define specifications and acceptance criteria, support lab integrations, design closed-loop optimization campaigns, and validate platform-driven experiments against practical laboratory constraints.
Requirements
- PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, a related experimental discipline, or equivalent scientific research experience
- Experience with high-throughput or automated experimentation
- Experience translating scientific or process needs into requirements for engineers, software teams, or automation vendors
- Knowledge of experimental-data metadata, provenance, data quality, and machine-learning usability
- Expertise in at least one materials domain
- Python data-handling and analysis knowledge
- Knowledge of APIs and data schemas
- Experience collaborating with external partner labs and multidisciplinary teams
Responsibilities
- Shape and prioritize roadmaps for experimental data, protocols, and campaigns
- Write product requirements, specifications, and acceptance criteria
- Lead technical discovery with partner labs
- Own partner-lab onboarding through the first closed-loop campaign
- Document reusable onboarding patterns
- Represent the product in partner meetings, workshops, and conferences
- Design optimization campaigns with ML researchers
- Define campaign validation, success metrics, and partner evidence
Benefits
- Equity
- 21 days holiday in Singapore, plus local public holidays
- 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks for secondary caregivers
- Professional development budget