Postdoc: Drug-Discovery Simulation Scientist (Remote)

Rutgers University; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Competitive retirement benefits

Employee educational benefits

Job summary

Rutgers University in Piscataway Township is seeking a Postdoctoral-level Drug Discovery Application Scientist to support an NIH-funded project developing a next-generation simulation package for drug discovery. This role involves collaboration with academic and industrial partners to perform simulations and create software documentation.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in computational chemistry, deep knowledge of protein-ligand interactions, and expertise with simulation packages like AMBER and GROMACS.

Benefits include medical coverage, paid vacation, and educational benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep working knowledge of protein-ligand interactions and in silico drug design.
• Familiarity with simulation packages and ability to perform MD simulations.
• Solid publication track record in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Explore drug-discovery problems using the PI’s SAMTI approach.
• Collaborate with academic and industrial users for drug-discovery simulations.
• Create software requirement documents for the simulation package.

Skills

Protein-ligand interactions

In silico drug design/optimization

MD simulation theories and applications

CI/CD

Python programming

Education

PhD in computational chemistry or related field

Tools

AMBER

GROMACS

OpenMM

CHARMM

GitLab

Job description

Rutgers University in Piscataway Township is seeking a Postdoctoral-level Drug Discovery Application Scientist to support an NIH-funded project developing a next-generation simulation package for drug discovery. This role involves collaboration with academic and industrial partners to perform simulations and create software documentation.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in computational chemistry, deep knowledge of protein-ligand interactions, and expertise with simulation packages like AMBER and GROMACS.

Benefits include medical coverage, paid vacation, and educational benefits.