Senior Scientist Computational Chemistry

Merck; West Point (PA); Hybride; USD 110 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Merck in West Point, PA is seeking a creative computational chemist and data scientist to join the Modeling and Informatics group. This hybrid role balances hands-on discovery support with design and deployment of predictive ML models to accelerate therapeutic discovery.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the global network to invent novel medicines, apply state-of-the-art AI/ML techniques, and develop innovative computational methods for drug design.

Description du poste

Job Description

Our company is seeking a creative, self‑motivated computational chemist and data scientist with exceptional interpersonal and problem‑solving skills to join the Modeling and Informatics group at our West Point, PA site. We are expanding our capability in computational medicinal chemistry, predictive data science, and machine learning to support our future organizational strategy for therapeutic discovery.

Modeling and Informatics is a sub‑team of Discovery Chemistry, who employ state‑of‑the‑art capabilities in predictive sciences, AI/ML, and structure‑based drug design to accelerate our invention of therapeutics for patients. We are an integral arm of both Discovery and Process Chemistry, and we collaborate seamlessly with teams across the globe to invent better molecules faster. With an unbiased approach to drug modalities, in‑house access to the newest screening techniques, and world‑class medicinal chemistry, we have a wealth of opportunities to impact our pipeline and ultimately save and improve patient lives.

The successful candidate will join multidisciplinary, highly collaborative discovery teams both locally and across the global network to invent novel medicines. This role is uniquely designed as a hybrid position, balancing direct early discovery project support (~50%), design, and deployment of data science and machine learning models (~50%). They will apply advanced computational techniques to active drug discovery programs and develop innovative computational methods, algorithms, and predictive tools to solve foundational problems in drug design.

Key Responsibilities

Discovery Project Support

• Serve as the primary computational chemistry partner on multidisciplinary discovery teams to drive candidate design and optimization through: