12-Month Computational Chemistry Placement, Cambridge

Biopharma Careers; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK, offers a 12-month University Industrial Placement in Computational Chemistry within the Oncology Medicinal Chemistry team. Start date is September 2027 and the role focuses on drug-design campaigns and cutting-edge computational methods.

During the placement you will gain hands-on experience in structure- and ligand-based design, machine learning for de novo molecules, and cheminformatics workflows, within an international and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate chemistry degree with a year in industry starting September 2027.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge to drive innovation.
• Good collaboration and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out structure- and ligand-based drug design tasks.
• Use machine learning and generative AI for de novo molecule design.
• Develop and run cheminformatics workflows.
• Analyse data from literature and high-throughput screens.
• Run physics-based modelling such as docking and MD simulations.

Skills

Planning skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Chemistry knowledge

Education

Undergraduate chemistry degree

Tools

Maestro

MOE

Job description

AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK, offers a 12-month University Industrial Placement in Computational Chemistry within the Oncology Medicinal Chemistry team. Start date is September 2027 and the role focuses on drug-design campaigns and cutting-edge computational methods.

During the placement you will gain hands-on experience in structure- and ligand-based design, machine learning for de novo molecules, and cheminformatics workflows, within an international and supportive environment.