**Function**
- Career Programs

**Sub function**
- Post Doc - Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

**Category**
- Post Doc - Data Analytics & Computational Sciences (ST5)

**Location**
- Turnhout / Mechelen / Brussels / Belgium

**Date posted**
- Jun 12 2025

**Requisition number**
- R-012553

**Work pattern**
- Hybrid Work

Description

**Job Function**:
Career Programs
** Job Sub Function**:
Post Doc - Data Analytics & Computational Sciences
** Job Category**:
Career Program
** All Job Posting Locations**:
Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium, Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium
** Job Description**:
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) is recruiting for the role of Post Doctoral Researcher **- Generative AI and Agentic Reasoning for Synthetics Development**. The location for this role includes Beerse, Belgium; Leiden, the Netherlands; High Wycombe, the UK; Neuss, Germany; Zug, Switzerland. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Partner with research colleagues to devise compelling decision-making solutions by extracting knowledge from structured and unstructured chemistry and manufacturing data to make insights actionable.
- Demonstrate ability to publish results in leading journals and conferences.

**Required qualifications**:

- A Ph.D. degree in AI/ML or a related field (ex. computer science, machine learning, data science, applied mathematics, statistics) acquired within the last 3 years.
- Proficiency with basic and sophisticated NLP techniques (ex. word2vec, RNNs, transformers, neural networks, BERT, GPT, LangGraph, DSPy) and development frameworks (ex. TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, spaCy, NLTK).
- Experience with natural language inference, named entity recognition, ontology mapping, graph data structures, graph analytics, etc.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages - preferably Python and/or R.
- Positive and motivated demeanor with the ability to work both independently and in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team.

**Preferred (“nice-to-have”) qualifications**:

- Understandings of a related chemistry field (e.g. biochemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, industrial chemistry, cheminformatics)
- Strong understanding of statistics and applicable methods to validate model performance.
- Familiarity with cloud solutions (ex. AWS and/or Azure) and graph platforms (ex. Neptune, Neo4J)

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.