Research Associate
About Pilgrim:
Pilgrim is building America’s biology prime - engineering, manufacturing, and deploying advanced biotechnology for defense and national security. Our primary platform, ARGUS, is a fully autonomous system for detecting biological threats in near real time, from naturally occurring pathogens to engineered agents.
We engineer hardware for biology, turning breakthrough science into fielded capabilities. Based in Redwood City, our team brings together mechanical and electrical engineering, chemistry, and biology under one roof to deliver critical technologies to the people who need them.
About the Role:
As a Research Associate at Pilgrim, you’ll run experiments that support ARGUS’s development, from bioaerosol collection through sample preparation, qPCR, and sequencing. You’ll own reagent preparation, sample storage, and consumable inventory. Working with scientists, you’ll troubleshoot unexpected findings and produce reliable data that guides improvements to the system.
Responsibilities:
Execute experiments to evaluate sample preparation methods, assay performance, and sequencing workflows.
Collect bioaerosol samples and process environmental samples through concentration, nucleic acid extraction, and
