Senior Scientist, In Silico Discovery

1 week ago

Spring House, PA, United States Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Full-time

Senior Scientist in In Silico Discovery within Johnson & Johnson's Therapeutics Discovery, focused on developing and deploying structure-based, physics-driven computational workflows for early drug design.

Responsibilities:
  • build and optimize automated protocols for ligand/protein prep, docking, free energy calculations, and co-folding
  • enhance workflow automation, expand scope, and integrate new tools
  • collaborate with IT and platform teams to align with enterprise standards
  • leverage AI to accelerate development
Requirements:
  • PhD in computational science or chemistry
  • expertise in structure-based drug discovery, programming (preferably Python), and automated workflow development
  • familiarity with software engineering best practices
Preferred:
  • experience with open-source libraries like RDKit, AI/ML platforms, agentic AI, and advanced methods such as free energy calculations and co-folding
  • postdoctoral or industry experience in drug discovery advantageous
High-Value:
  • Computational chemistry
  • automation in early-stage biologics or small molecules
  • emerging technologies
  • cross-functional collaboration in global teams
Work setup:

primarily Belgium, with options in California or Pennsylvania; travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.