As a Lab Technician at Pilgrim, you will be the backbone of our engineering team, ensuring lab operations run seamlessly and development progresses without friction. This role demands adaptability, resourcefulness, and a hands-on approach—maintaining lab readiness, supporting prototyping, and validating experimental systems. This is not a passive support role. You’ll anticipate needs, troubleshoot independently, and take full ownership of shifting priorities to keep operations running smoothly. Whether refining workflows, integrating new techniques, or ensuring every tool is ready before it’s needed, you will be the ubiquitous force—always in the right place at the right time, keeping progress on track. If you are a curious generalist who thrives in ambiguity, embraces rapid learning, and takes pride in translating research into deployed solutions, this is where you belong.

Responsibilities

• Own experimental workflows - Formulate reagents and buffers, maintain mammalian and pathogenic cell cultures, and support biological assays and prototype validation

• Operate and maintain advanced analytical instrumentation - Use AFM, SEM, FTIR, UV-Vis, Raman spectroscopy, and other advanced tools to characterize materials and assess biological interactions—adjusting methodologies as research demands evolve.

• Keep lab operations frictionless - Manage inventory, sourcing, and lab infrastructure, ensuring experiments are never delayed by missing supplies or equipment failures.

• Convert data into decisions - Analyze experimental results, structure findings into clear reports and visual summaries, and communicate key insights to internal teams and defense partners.

• Solve problems before they slow progress - In a role where no two days are the same, adapt to shifting priorities, identify failure points before they happen, and take ownership of troubleshooting—keeping R&D efforts on track in fast-moving, high-impact environments.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or demonstrated equivalent expertise (formal degree not required).

• Strong technical foundation with hands-on lab experience in material characterization, chemical synthesis, and biological sample processing.

• Proven ability to learn quickly—troubleshooting independently and adapting to new methodologies without step-by-step guidance.

• Comfortable in fast-changing, ambiguous environments—anticipating needs, self-directing, and finding solutions in real time.