At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

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Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

We are searching for the best talent for Postdoctoral Scientist, Generative AI! This hybrid position is a duration-based (12-month **** Fixed Contract) and is located in Titusville, New Jersey.

This is an exciting opening within the Advanced Manufacturing organization of Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) at Johnson & Johnson! This role will support global teams in developing Generative AI solutions that enhance business value in our manufacturing processes. As part of the Global Process Science Modeling & Data team (PSMD), you will promote sophisticated AI techniques, collaborate with experts, and establish capabilities to improve AI’s operational impact. You will lead AI model development and optimization, manage partnerships, and drive project execution across global sites to support process improvements and manufacturing excellence.

Are you a motivated Postdoc Scientist, interested in joining a team that is helping improve patient care and drive innovation? We support sites all over the globe and all platforms and modalities. Our mission is to make Johnson & Johnson's manufacturing processes faster and cost-efficient while improving product quality!

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, train, and optimize language models and evaluate and enhance their performance, precision, and alignment with business goals, thereby improving the efficiency in manufacturing processes and investigations.

• Collaborate effectively with software engineers and product deployment teams to transition Gen AI apps into production ready real-world applications within our manufacturing portfolio across synthetics, biotherapeutics and advanced therapies.

• Develop prototypes and assess Large Language Models (LLM) scenarios to improve user experiences.

• Develop, test, and implement reasoning capabilities in AI models and implement techniques in reinforcement learning and knowledge graphs.

• Stay updated on the latest advancements in Generative AI and investigate opportunities by researching relevant publications and open source GitHub repositories, while actively exploring and testing techniques from these studies that can contribute to industrial manufacturing applications.

• Explore Agentic AI techniques to optimize automated systems, enabling them to learn and adapt to dynamic manufacturing scenarios with a focus on autonomy, adaptability, and robustness based on feedback and performance metrics.

• Effectively and systematically present findings through strong writing and fluent communications, while ensuring comprehensive and clear documentation of model architectures, training methods, and evaluation results.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Minimum of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or equivalent degree is required; focused degree preferred in Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Bioinformatics, or an equivalent quantitative field

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Required:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience, including internships, research, or similar experience

• Programming language expertise in Python, SQL, and/or R

• Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, version control, and principles of software design and best practices

• Strong theoretical foundation and significant experience in machine/deep learning, generative AI, and statistical modeling

• Publication(s) in peer-reviewed AI conferences within the Generative AI field

Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, etc.)

• Demonstrated work in the development of Vision Language Models/Video analytics

OTHER:

• Requires up to 10% domestic & international travel

• This is a fixed-term / duration-based role and anticipated duration may conclude at, prior to, or after 12 months (based on business needs) from one's start date in this role

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$77,000 USD to $124,200 USD

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. http://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Push the boundaries of science to transform health—and your career.

Join us and advance life-changing treatments for people who need them most. At Johnson & Johnson, our focus is on improving global health equity and developing MedTech and pharmaceutical innovations that impact the future of health. Using AI and robotics to transform surgery or helping data scientists and clinicians formulate new ways to diagnose and treat disease, this work may sound like sci-fi, but it’s all science, all real, and could be your career. Whatever your background, skills, or career goals, there’s a place for you to help solve some of the world’s most pressing health challenges with us.

Accelerate your career while changing the world.

Each of our broadly-based family of companies offers an inclusive and empowering culture and employee benefits (like paid time off to volunteer, transgender-inclusive and same-sex partner health insurance coverage, and more) designed to help you live your best life, however you define it. And our best-in-class learning and development approaches, mentorship, and access to innovators across the world will help you grow your skills and reach your career goals. Because when you're at your best, nothing stands between you and your next breakthrough.