Senior Scientist, Physical AI for Autonomous Discovery

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Spring House (PA); Vor Ort; USD 137.000 - 236.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Senior Principal Investigator, Physical AI for Autonomous Discovery in Spring House, PA. This hands-on role combines AI, robotics, and laboratory automation to design and validate autonomous systems guiding experimental workflows.

You will lead cross-functional teams across IT, data science, and discovery sciences to deliver robust, governed agentic capabilities that reduce manual intervention and improve data quality.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in AI, ML, robotics, computer science, engineering, computational biology, or related quantitative field.
• Proven track record independently deploying AI systems in physical or complex environments.
• Deep expertise in world models, reinforcement learning, Bayesian optimization, causal inference, multimodal AI, robotics, or scientific ML.
• Advanced software development using Python and modern ML frameworks; reproducible deployment practices.
• Ability to define technical workstreams and deliver robust solutions with limited day-to-day direction.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in matrix environments.
• Preferred: self-driving laboratories, laboratory automation, or closed-loop scientific experimentation.
• Experience with digital twins, machine vision, or multi-agent systems.

Aufgaben

• Lead hands-on design, development, and validation of AI models representing instruments, samples, reagents, robotic systems, workflows, and lab state.
• Develop adaptive experimental optimization methods using active learning, Bayesian optimization, reinforcement learning, and multi-objective optimization.
• Implement capabilities for physical error detection and recovery, including anomaly recognition and workflow replanning.
• Build models that generate hypotheses for experimental failures and guide follow-up experiments.
• Develop agentic capabilities for experiment planning and execution monitoring across CDTM cycles.
• Translate needs into technical requirements and prototypes with automation, robotics, data science, and discovery teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor colleagues without people management responsibility.
• Embed uncertainty, safety constraints, monitoring, and governance into autonomous decision-making.

Kenntnisse

Python

AI frameworks

Robotics

Automation

MLOps

Reinforcement learning

Ausbildung

PhD in AI/ML/Robotics or related field

Tools

Machine vision

Bayesian optimization

Lab automation

Jobbeschreibung

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Senior Principal Investigator, Physical AI for Autonomous Discovery in Spring House, PA. This hands-on role combines AI, robotics, and laboratory automation to design and validate autonomous systems guiding experimental workflows.

You will lead cross-functional teams across IT, data science, and discovery sciences to deliver robust, governed agentic capabilities that reduce manual intervention and improve data quality.