Clinical AI Scientist for Rare Disease Diagnostics

Valiant Harbor International; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Valiant Harbor International is seeking an Applied AI Scientist to support ARPA-H diagnostics for rare diseases. You will guide AI/ML proposals, advise on model development, and ensure rigorous evaluation and real-world applicability in collaboration with clinical SMEs.

The role focuses on end-to-end AI system development—from data curation to deployment—while maintaining high standards of rigor, reproducibility, and safety for health data integration.

Formación

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in related field.
• Experience applying advanced ML methods (LLMs, deep learning, etc) to complex health datasets.
• Familiarity with clinical and biomedical data types, including EHR, genomic, and imaging data.
• Demonstrated ability to review, critique, and guide AI/ML technical work at a high level.
• Strong understanding of evaluation methods for AI/ML, including robustness, fairness, interpretability, and reproducibility.
• Strong written and visual communication skills, with ability to produce high-quality reports and presentations.

Responsabilidades

• Review and evaluate AI/ML proposals and deliverables from external teams.
• Provide guidance on model development, training methods, and validation strategies.
• Advise on integration of multimodal health data (EHR, imaging, genomic, patient-reported).
• Assess alignment of model architectures with program goals and clinical use cases.
• Evaluate benchmarking results and provide feedback on methodological soundness.
• Advise on deployment considerations, including interpretability, reliability, and safety.
• Collaborate with clinical SMEs to ensure AI outputs align with clinician workflows.
• Identify risks, gaps, or weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
• Support leadership with technical assessments, reports, and recommendations.
• Produce high-quality written reports and presentations for diverse audiences.

Conocimientos

Advanced ML methods experience

Data science and ML evaluation

AI/ML governance and critique

Technical writing and presentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science / ML / Data Science

Descripción del empleo

Valiant Harbor International is seeking an Applied AI Scientist to support ARPA-H diagnostics for rare diseases. You will guide AI/ML proposals, advise on model development, and ensure rigorous evaluation and real-world applicability in collaboration with clinical SMEs.

The role focuses on end-to-end AI system development—from data curation to deployment—while maintaining high standards of rigor, reproducibility, and safety for health data integration.