Principal Scientist, Generative Deep Learning

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is currently seeking a Principal Scientist, Generative Deep Learning to join our In Silico Proteins team within the Therapeutics Discovery organization, with a preference for this individual to be located at one of our sites in Spring House, PA, or Cambridge, MA.

Remote work options in the US may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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This role presents a great opportunity to spearhead our molecular design and simulation initiatives, supporting and accelerating our drug discovery and development pipeline of protein-based therapeutics while collaborating with a passionate team of scientists and engineers.

Your work will be pivotal in building, evaluating, refining, and applying sophisticated computational approaches and infrastructures.

Your efforts will drive the discovery of complex molecules and expedite the development of protein therapeutics across various modalities and indications.

Key Responsibilities:

In this pivotal role, you will collaborate extensively with interdisciplinary teams across the organization to develop and refine deep learning methodologies to support the design of ground breaking therapeutic molecules for a broad spectrum of clinical indications across all therapeutic areas and protein-based modalities.

The preferred candidate will have an extensive background in deep learning and a desire to apply this knowledge to protein design.


* Lead the development, refinement, and fine-tuning of generative models, such as RFDiffusion, ProteinMPNN, and EvoDiff to enhance our capabilities in protein design.


* Implement new structure-based protein design methods using the latest advancements in AI - i...