Full-Time

R&D Scientist 1

Eli Health

Eli Health

11-50 employees

At-home saliva hormone monitoring & insights

No salary listed

Cambridge, MA, USA + 10 more

More locations: Montreal, QC, Canada | Toronto, ON, Canada | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | San Jose, CA, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Kitchener, ON, Canada | San Diego, CA, USA | Vancouver, BC, Canada

In Person

Office-based in Montreal; distributed team and asynchronous workflows.

Category
Biology & Biotech (2)
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Requirements
  • Requires a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related field.
  • Requires 2+ years of wet laboratory experience, including 1+ years of laboratory experience beyond the classroom.
  • Requires 1+ years of experience leading one's own projects in a wet laboratory environment.
  • Requires experience working with and developing assays including lateral flow assays, immunoassays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, in vitro diagnostics, point-of-care diagnostics, rapid diagnostic tests, paper-based sensors, biosensors, microfluidics, bioconjugation, nanoparticle conjugation, and antibody purification.
  • Requires experience working with bioconjugation techniques.
  • Requires being a self-starter who also enjoys collaboration and sharing knowledge and ideas, with critical and creative thinking.
  • Experience in an early-stage startup or similar fast-paced, high-growth environment is an added asset.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to building a novel technology that can shape the next generation of women’s healthcare and at-home testing.
  • Independently design experiments with exceptional variable control for lateral flow assay development and optimization.
  • Run experiments, record and analyze data, and interpret and present results to the team.
  • Find creative and innovative ways to solve R&D challenges.
  • Maintain high-quality work and organization while conducting experiments at a very high rate.
  • Exercise exceptional wet laboratory etiquette, teamwork, and work ethic.
  • Note: this description is not exhaustive and there will be a high degree of autonomy over your work as Eli’s technology and research efforts progress.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience at an early-stage startup or related environment is desirable.

What Eli Health does: It builds a home hormone monitoring system for women’s reproductive health. How it works: a saliva sample is measured by a patent-pending point-of-care device, with a companion app that analyzes hormone data using algorithms to identify fertile days and overall reproductive health; consumables are required as part of a subscription. How it differs from competitors: it offers at-home, non-invasive hormone monitoring with a recurring subscription model and proprietary consumables, plus personalized insights from hormone data to guide conception or contraception decisions. What the goal is: to provide reliable, convenient reproductive health monitoring and decision support while creating a steady revenue stream through ongoing consumables and services.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$17.8M

Headquarters

Montreal, Canada

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $17M CAD Series A in 2025 fuels Hormometer production scaling and biomarker expansion.
  • Subscription model at $8 per test generates recurring revenue from consumables.
  • CES 2025 Digital Health Innovation Award validates consumer acceptance of mobile diagnostics.

What critics are saying

  • FDA reclassifies Hormometer as Class II device by Q4 2026, requiring 510(k) approval.
  • Quest Diagnostics launches FDA-cleared saliva hormone kits by mid-2027, eroding lead.
  • Inaccurate cortisol readings from circadian variability cause 50% subscription churn in 6 months.

What makes Eli Health unique

  • Hormometer uses saliva samples scanned by smartphone camera for real-time hormone analysis.
  • Targets cortisol and progesterone monitoring via 12 patent-pending saliva diagnostic innovations.
  • Provides continuous at-home profiles unlike infrequent traditional blood or send-out tests.

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