Post Doctoral Fellow- Drug Discovery AI / Machine Learning - Hybrid

Overview

Be a part of the legacy : Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program

Our Research Laboratories' Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program aims to be a best-in-industry program for industrial postdoctoral researchers, designed to provide you with an academic focus in a commercial environment. With the resources, reach, and expertise of a large pharmaceutical company, postdoctoral researchers will be positioned to excel in an institution committed to breakthrough innovation in research and discovery.

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research to develop state-of-the-art AI / Machine learning methods for drug discovery (e.g., molecular generative models, multi-objective optimization, property prediction, active learning)
• Design and execute experiments, analyze results rigorously, and iterate rapidly on model architectures and training strategies
• Build robust, reproducible code and workflows; contribute to shared libraries and documentation
• Collaborate with chemists, biologists, Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism, and Bioanalytics (PDMB) scientists, and data / ML engineers to translate methods into impactful applications
• Communicate findings through internal presentations and peer-reviewed publications; present at conferences and workshops

Education Minimum Requirements

Required Experience and Skills

Preferred Experience and Skills (nice to have)

Current Employees apply. Applications are not linked in this text. Current Contingent Workers apply. Applications are not linked in this text.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship

Yes

Travel Requirements

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License

No

Hazardous Material(s)

N / A

Required Skills

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computational Biology, Computational Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Statistical Inferences, Statistics

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

10 / 7 / 2025

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