Director, Autonomous Discovery with Physical AI

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Director, Physical AI for Autonomous Discovery to join our In Silico Drug Discovery team. The preferred location for this position is Spring House, PA (Philadelphia area) and may require travel as needed.

Consideration may be given for candidates near the Cambridge, MA area. (No remote option.) Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI/ML/robotics or related field.
• Experience building AI systems in physical or scientific settings.
• Expertise in world models, reinforcement learning, Bayesian optimization, or multimodal AI.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Physical AI strategy and build a high-performing team.
• Develop AI models for instruments, samples, reagents, robotic systems, workflows, and lab state.
• Design adaptive experimental optimization using active learning and RL.
• Ensure safe, governance-enabled autonomous decision-making.

Skills

Embodied AI

World models

Agentic AI

Robotics

Automation

Python

Reinforcement learning

Digital twins

Education

PhD in AI/ML/robotics or related field

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Director, Physical AI for Autonomous Discovery to join our In Silico Drug Discovery team. The preferred location for this position is Spring House, PA (Philadelphia area) and may require travel as needed.

Consideration may be given for candidates near the Cambridge, MA area. (No remote option.) Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.