Senior Distinguished Scientist, Robotics & Autonomous Discovery

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Job Function:
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:
Data Science

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Remote (US), Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is seeking a Senior Distinguished Scientist, Robotics & Autonomous Discovery to help define, build, and deploy the automation platforms that enable autonomous and AI-enabled drug discovery.

The primary location for this role is Spring House, PA.

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

(An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified.

However, all applications will be considered.)

This senior technical leadership role sits at the intersection of robotics, laboratory automation, instrumentation, software integration, artificial intelligence, and discovery science.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical authority and hands-on innovation leader for advanced automation systems that accelerate Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) cycles across small molecule and biologic discovery.

The role is accountable for translating discovery automation priorities into technical architecture, engineering design, proof-of-principle execution, integration standards, and scalable platform implementation.

The leader will partner closely with Discovery, In Silico Discovery, data science, engineering, quality, regulatory, EHS, and external innovation partners to deliver reliable, compliant, and operationally ready automation capabilities.

This is an opportunity to shape a new generation of autonomous discovery capabilities at enterprise scale.

The leader in this role will help build ...