Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Next Generation AI Technology

Job Description

Be a part of the legacy: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program

Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or intend to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 1, 2021, or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by November 1, 2021, and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with applicable law.

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.

What You'll Be Doing:

We are looking for a highly driven and motivated post-doctoral scholar who will spearhead transformative innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning in the biopharmaceutical drug product development space. The advent of machine learning has created exciting new opportunities to improve drug products and positively impact the lives of patients. Machine learning holds great potential to enhance the speed and robustness of pharmaceutical research and development.

The integration of these new data technologies into the R&D landscape requires further study. The scholar will work in a highly dynamic environment at the interface of drug product development and data science. The scholar will develop innovative predictive solutions to pressing problems encountered in drug development of next-generation therapies for cancer, infectious diseases, and other areas.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Bridge data science and AI solutions to pertinent problems in drug product research & development (R&D).

• Collaborate extensively cross-functionally and cross-departmentally to bring new innovations to bear, by motivating a diverse group of collaborators to leverage their unique skillsets.

• Leverage computer tools and software to develop new algorithms, which will take advantage of existing knowledge as well as involve paced self-learning of new tools.

• In developing new capabilities, establish multiple peer-reviewed references in the form of manuscript publications

What You Bring:

• Candidates must currently hold a PhD OR receive a PhD by fall.

• A strong interest and high comfort level with computers and software technology

• Track record of strong work ethic and high research productivity

• High flexibility and adaptability to further develop and learn new skills in a dynamic work environment

• Exhibiting a “can do” attitude and willingness to tackle challenges head-on

• Strong track record in external publication and effective writing skills

• Most importantly, a strong passion to drive cutting edge science and collaborations for the benefit of patients around the world

It's Great If You Have:

• Direct data analytics, machine, or deep learning experience

• Direct pharmaceutical experience

• Direct imaging/microscopy and image analysis experience

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Requisition ID:R128881