Clinical Assay Development Scientist | IVD | Diagnostics | AI | Blood-Based Assays | HealthTech | Deep Tech Startup

Hello!

We\’re looking for an awesome Clinical Assay Development Scientist to join our team on our journey to revolutionize personalized medicine.

About your Role 📰

• Lead the identification, validation, and application of novel blood biomarkers for disease prediction, prognosis, and treatment stratification
• Direct large-scale clinical studies, ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards (GCP/GLP, ISO 13485, IVDR, UKCA)
• Design, optimize, and validate blood-based clinical assays with high robustness, accuracy, and reproducibility.
• Oversee biological sample preparation and processing under biosafety standards, and safety compliance.
• Ensure data integrity through rigorous documentation (validation plans, reports, SOPs, lab notebooks), keeping outputs audit-ready.
• Provide scientific and strategic guidance on biomarker development, clinical study design, and AI/photonics-based diagnostics.
• Establish and manage collaborations with academic, clinical, and industry partners to accelerate biomarker discovery and validation.
• Provide scientific and strategic guidance to internal and external stakeholders on biomarker development, clinical study design, and regulatory requirements specific to photonics and AI-based diagnostics
• Communicate findings and technical insights clearly to both specialist and non-technical audiences; author validation protocols, technical summaries, and regulatory documentation.

Cultural Skills ✔️

• Builder’s mindset with high ownership, urgency, and empathy.
• Low‑ego, highly collaborative leader who elevates others.
• Mission‑driven and patient‑centered.

This role is based in London and collaborates with teams across the UK and Europe.

Technical / Professional Skills ✔️

• PhD in a relevant Life Sciences field – biology, medicine, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, others.
• + 3 years relevant experience in the development/validation of blood biomarkers. Bonus: Spectral or AI Biomarkers
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in blood biomarker discovery, validation, and clinical translation. Bonus: analytical assay development
• Familiarity with ISO 13485, IVDR, UKCA, and GCP/GLP expectations.
• Proficiency in applying statistical analysis and data interpretation methods to biomarker discovery and validation studies.
• Strong hands‑on experience with biosafety protocols, clinical sample handling, and assay preparation.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation discipline supporting data integrity.
• Excellent communicator; comfortable collaborating with cross‑functional teams and external partners.

Bonus Skills

• Industry experience is highly desirable, particularly in startup environments. Backgrounds in health tech or deep tech are especially valued.
• Exposure to immunoassays, molecular diagnostics, or multi‑omic platforms.
• Contributions to clinical studies or tech‑transfer in regulated settings.
• Understanding of Optics (spectroscopy, Raman, FTIR or similar techniques)
• Understanding of AI (machine learning, deep learning)
• Experience in IVD blood assay development

iLoF in a nutshell 💡

As personalized medicine becomes the norm, scientists, patients, and healthcare systems worldwide face massive barriers in providing the right treatment to the right patient.

Recognized by CB Insights and Financial Times as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world, iLoF is building an AI-powered platform capable of transforming precision medicine.

Our goal is to become the platform that democratizes access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases around the globe.

Thanks to our proprietary optical fingerprint library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles we can offer personalized patient screening and stratification in a faster and more affordable way, saving up to 40% of the cost and 70% of the time while enabling a more human patient experience.

Supported by leading institutions like Microsoft Ventures, Mayfield, and the Oxford University, iLoF is currently focusing on validating its platform technology in one of the biggest challenges of our times: Alzheimer\’s, while maintaining ongoing verticals on Digestive Cancer, Stroke, and Infectious diseases.

Our Team 🧑🏻 💻

We are a mix of scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors based in Oxford and Porto, with a passion for healthcare!

Recognized by CB Insights as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world and by the Financial Times as a Transformational Business in Healthcare, iLoF has been regularly featured in leading outlets like Tech Crunch, Wired, and Sifted and listed as a rising star in AI-Driven Drug Discovery, Health Screening & Data Analytics.

What we value

• A Be Kind attitude is the main guideline within iLoF
• A hand in the hammer and another free to support your co-workers as a true team player
• An honest and egoless attitude towards discussions and critics working in good faith
• The braveness to speak your heart in any situation
• Through words or actions be always sure to make a difference at any moment!
• Be proud to drive your responsibilities to success and help others do the same, embracing ownership!

Perks 😉

• An exciting future with a deep-tech company selected by Financial Times and CB Insights as one of the most transformative companies in the world
• A high‑paced, flexible environment: adaptable working hours, strong remote work culture
• A stimulating atmosphere with room for creativity – fast‑paced, fun, and energetic start‑up with a friendly culture
• Weekly happy hours with amazing food and drinks
• Free coffee and snacks ☕
• Private healthcare insurance (for employees; contractor benefits to be agreed)
• The opportunity to work with a world‑class, talented team – and potentially change healthcare as we know it for millions of patients living with complex diseases around the globe 🧑 ⚕️

We share a passion for being part of a mission that matters, and we are always looking for curious and collaborative people who share our values and want to be part of our journey.

If that sounds like a fit for you, click the apply button and join us.

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