Postdoc: Multimodal AI for Life Sciences - CSCS Access

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL; Lausanne; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in multimodal foundation models, conducted in collaboration with Novartis. The AIMM Lab seeks a researcher with expertise in large-scale AI development and a biology background.

The role focuses on core architecture design, pretraining at scale, and integration into agentic interfaces, with dedicated access to CSCS and the Swiss AI Initiative, and opportunities for publication.

Qualifications

• PhD in ML, CS, computational biology or closely related field (completed or near completion).
• Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI development, including pretraining, fine-tuning, or scaling on substantial compute.
• Solid biological background; familiarity with multiple biological data modalities is expected.
• Strong publication record at top-tier ML conferences and/or life science journals.
• Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.

Responsibilities

• Multimodal model development: pretraining at scale and integration into interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with Novartis AI teams and EPFL AIMM Lab.
• Advance research directions across multimodal data modalities and translational applications.

Skills

Large-scale AI development

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in machine learning, computer science or computational biology

Job description

EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in multimodal foundation models, conducted in collaboration with Novartis. The AIMM Lab seeks a researcher with expertise in large-scale AI development and a biology background.

The role focuses on core architecture design, pretraining at scale, and integration into agentic interfaces, with dedicated access to CSCS and the Swiss AI Initiative, and opportunities for publication.