Senior Scientist, Computational Safety & Exploratory Pharmacology

Nonclinical Drug Safety (NDS) Division – Biomedical Engineer or Integrative Systems Scientist

Join our Safety & Exploratory Pharmacology (SEP) group to analyze physiological signals and contribute to risk assessment and innovative pharmacological solutions.

• Analyzing physiologic signals to contribute to risk assessment evaluations and developing data visualizations for scientific exploration
• Building new in vivo analysis tools (signal processing, machine learning, AI) for nonclinical data and refining or developing new endpoints
• Working with external vendors to identify and incorporate potential solutions
• Collaborating with internal data science and IT teams to implement data tools
• Integrating new analysis workflows into SEP
• Contributing to SEP initiatives to develop and characterize novel alternative methods (NAMs) with in vitro scientists

Education

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience
• Master's degree with 4+ years of experience
• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, or related scientific field

Required Experience and Skills

• Experience with nonclinical signal analysis
• Proficiency with programming tools (Python, MATLAB, R) for physiological signal analysis, feature extraction, and/or development of computational models including AI tools and workflows
• Previous experience working with physiological, continuous, time-series data sets (including visualization, analysis, and/or interpretation)
• Motivation and enthusiasm to expand programming/analysis skill set and learn new software tools
• Ability to work within teams as a contributor and enable collaborations across departments that deliver current needs and future capabilities
• Ability to collaborate with both laboratory scientists and data scientists/IT specialists
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex technical issues to laboratory scientists

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Nonclinical signal analysis experience in cardiovascular, neuroscience, or respiratory endpoints
• Experience with statistical and data visualization tools and libraries
• Experience with cloud computing environments
• Previous exposure to data science best practices and reproducibility
• Prior experience working in a multidisciplinary environment within the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Willingness to influence safety pharmacology science through active participation in external consortiums, publications, and/or scientific presentations

Salary range: $ – $. Annual bonus and long-term incentive may be applicable.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate and sick days.

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