Jake Adler
Founder & CEO
Thiel Fellow. Led a Class II brain-computer interface through FDA review. Built garage nanofab for bioelectronics and metasurfaces.
Beyond the Old World
America’s institutions excel at research but leave
critical breakthroughs languishing on the benchtop
Culture
How We Work
Pilgrim is built around hard problems and the people who solve them
Hardcore engineering and science problems, with solutions deployed on the frontlines and in the homeland
Leadership
Fernando Soto
Head of Science
Nanoengineering Ph.D. Stanford postdoc in viral capture and medical devices. Holds the world record for the smallest working cannon.
Mauricio Moel
Head of Operations
Sold his company to Nestlé. Scaled AgelessRX from 5 to 120 staff and 225,000 customers. Researched microbial ecosystems while at BU.
Todd Ritter
Head of Government
Built and deployed the military's largest ever biodefense program ($600M+, qPCR across 230 sites). Fmr. USAF Force Protection Chief.
Roles
Build Hardware for Biology
We have stringent hiring criteria and look for evidence of extraordinary ability
through independent projects, publications, awards or other achievements
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Bounty
Refer Exceptional People
If your introduction leads to a hire, we pay a $20,000 award after their first 3 months working at Pilgrim