Agentic AI Scientist
About The Position
We are looking for an Agentic AI Scientist eager to utilize their expertise in advanced technologies like Agentic AI and human-in-the-loop (HITL) multi-agent systems to revolutionize drug development processes. In the Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) department, you will be a key player in transforming molecules into groundbreaking medical treatments. PT&D leads the charge in developing cutting-edge synthetic routes, drug formulations and delivery technologies, ensuring our products are effective, safe, and of the highest quality. Your role involves contributing data science expertise into cross-functional global pharmaceutical development projects in support of transforming the way we deliver medicines to patients. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping our AI strategy and driving the co-development of sophisticated HITL multi-agent systems. We are hiring two candidates for this position, and the roles will be based at our dynamic site in Gaithersburg (USA).
Requirements
- Master in Science computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or related fields.
- At least 3 years of experience in Deep Learning and ML
- Excellent coding skills in languages such as Python, R.
- Hands-on industrial experience designing multi-agent patterns, digital twins and experience with agentic AI design patterns, reinforcement learning.
- Extensive industrial experience with AI and ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch,
- Hands-on experience with GenAI orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI
- Hands-on experience with reinforcement learning libraries such as OpenAI Gym, Ray RLlib, or Stable Baselines.
- Hands-on industrial experience with applied machine learning domains such as deep learning, NLP, GenAI.
Nice To Haves
- Contributions to open-source projects. If you meet these criteria, please highlight merged GitHub PRs in your application.
- Strong publication record in the field of AI.
- Experience designing multi-agent systems in the pharmaceutical sector.
- Experience delivering machine learning projects with applications in pharmaceutical development, chemical engineering or chemistry.
- Experience with one or more of the following applied machine learning domains such as transfer learning, federated learning, few/zero shot learning, meta learning, explainable AI.
- PhD in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or related fields.
Responsibilities
- Drive innovation in agentic AI, multi-agent systems, and digital twins, exploring new methodologies and applications.
- Design, implement, and optimize algorithms for autonomous decision-making, coordination, and policy learning among agents and digital twins using techniques like Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPs), and multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL).
- Evaluate agent performance in the context of decision making, collaboration, competition, uncertainty.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams ensuring knowledge transfer to IT engineering teams for IT solution builds and deployment.
- Keep pace with industry advancements by reviewing academic papers and attending conferences. Publish findings in peer-reviewed journals and represent the company at scientific forums.
- Communicate technical concepts and results to technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- qualified retirement programs
- paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
- health, dental, and vision coverage
- opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses
- equity-based awards for salaried roles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
