About Arc Institute

The Arc Institute is a new scientific institution conducting curiosity-driven basic science and technology development to understand and treat complex human diseases. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Arc is an independent research organization founded on the belief that many important research programs will be enabled by new institutional models. Arc operates in partnership with Stanford University, UCSF, and UC Berkeley.

While the prevailing university research model has yielded many tremendous successes, we believe in the importance of institutional experimentation as a way to make progress. These include:

• Funding:  Arc fully funds Core Investigators’ (PIs’) research groups, liberating scientists from the typical constraints of project-based external grants.
• Technology:  Biomedical research has become increasingly dependent on complex tooling. Arc Technology Centers develop, optimize, and deploy rapidly advancing experimental and computational technologies in collaboration with Core Investigators.
• Support:  Arc aims to provide first-class support—operationally, financially, and scientifically—that will enable scientists to pursue long-term high risk, high reward research that can meaningfully advance progress in disease cures, including neurodegeneration, cancer, and immune dysfunction.
• Culture:  We believe that culture matters enormously in science and that excellence is difficult to sustain. We aim to create a culture that is focused on scientific curiosity, a deep commitment to truth, broad ambition, and selfless collaboration.

Arc has scaled to over 350 people to date. With $650M+ in committed funding and a state of the art new lab facility in Palo Alto, Arc will continue to grow quickly in the coming years.

About the position

In this vital role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of the flow cytometry core service at Arc, coordinating and managing instrument usage, user training, and day-to-day operations. You will operate analytical and sorting cytometers, with a strong focus on advising research teams on method development, assay design, and data analysis. Beyond core operations, you will help shape the strategic direction of flow cytometry at Arc—benchmarking new technologies, identifying opportunities for innovation, and driving collaborative initiatives across the institute. This position combines hands-on technical expertise with scientific leadership and community engagement.

About You

• You are a skilled and passionate flow cytometry expert who thrives at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and collaborative science.
• You are a collaborative and solutions-oriented scientist with deep expertise in flow cytometry.
• You have a natural ability to translate complex scientific concepts into clear, accessible training materials, and you take pride in empowering laboratory personnel at all levels to work safely and effectively with flow cytometry instrumentation.
• You bring a strategic mindset to assay development, panel design, and data interpretation, and you are confident leading cross-institute initiatives that push the boundaries of what flow cytometry can achieve.
• You are a proactive communicator who enjoys sharing knowledge — whether through hands-on demos, internal presentations, or talks at major scientific conferences — and you are excited by the opportunity to shape Arc's reputation as an innovation leader in the field.

In this position you will

Requirements

• Doctorate/Masters or BA degree in relevant discipline with a total of 8 or more years of Cytometry experience.
• Extensive expertise in flow cytometry; strong understanding of cytometry platforms and instrumentation, equipment support, and assay development.
• Working knowledge of Full Spectrum Flow cytometry. In addition, knowledge of how to integrate flow & imaging cytometry efforts with adjacent single cell technologies (e.g., RNA seq, CRISPR screens, etc) would be preferred.
• Proficiency in flow cytometry analysis software such as FlowJo, FCS Express, and/or OMIQ.
• Good documentation practices & scientific conduct as defined by standard operating procedures.
• Ability to work later hours, as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ability to interact with stakeholders to understand program needs, assay specifics, timelines, and data delivery.
• Experience of leveraging varied AI/ML analytical platforms as they emerge into our industry & work in a team structure with data scientists in synergy.
• Facs Core management experience a plus.

The base salary range for this position is $104,500 - $128,750. These amounts reflect the range of base salary that the Institute reasonably would expect to pay a new hire or internal candidate for this position. The actual base compensation paid to any individual for this position may vary depending on factors such as experience, market conditions, education/training, skill level, and whether the compensation is internally equitable, and does not include bonuses, commissions, differential pay, other forms of compensation, or benefits. This position is also eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus, with the amount dependent on individual and institute performance factors.