Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Edison Scientific is a company focused on building and commercializing AI agents for scientific discovery. They are seeking an experienced Staff Toxicologist to serve as a subject matter expert in defining standards for AI-generated toxicology data and reports, ensuring scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Advise on strategies for data assembly and synthesis to evaluate and train toxicology capabilities of our AI platform
- Provide expert guidance on optimal data sources — synthetic generation, consortia, licensed datasets, and other approaches
- Serve as our go-to expert on IND-ready toxicology reports for Phase 1 clinical trials
- Review and validate AI-generated toxicology outputs for scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance
- Collaborate with our engineering, evals, and science teams to benchmark and improve agent performance
- Iterate with AI tools (including our platform) to refine data quality and output accuracy
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in toxicology/DMPK, OR direct involvement in 10+ IND-enabling toxicology reports
- Deep experience synthesizing raw CRO toxicology study data into FDA-ready IND submissions for Phase 1 clinical trials
- Proficiency with standard commercial software used in preparing regulatory toxicology reports
- Background in non-clinical toxicology, including target animal safety and related study types
- Ability to work independently — you'll be the primary scientific voice on toxicology at Edison
- Comfortable and enthusiastic about working with AI/LLM tools to evaluate and improve outputs
- PhD in Pharmacology, Toxicology, or related field preferred, but not required — real-world experience is prioritized
Benefits
- Flexible, part-time consulting engagement
- Designed to fit around existing commitments
- Most of our consultants are fully employed elsewhere and engage with us on an as-needed basis, with no fixed schedule or rigid hour requirements
- Remote/US based
- Flexible hours / flexible time zone
Company Overview
Edison Scientific accelerates scientific discovery using an AI research platform for autonomous R&D. It was founded in 2025, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://edisonscientific.com/.