Onsite Postdoctoral Fellow – R&D Science Engineer

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About the role

  • AI R&D Postdoctoral Fellow developing machine learning methods to tackle scientific challenges in drug discovery and development at Pfizer. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and fostering scientific advancements.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and apply advanced AI and machine learning methods to address high impact scientific challenges across the drug discovery and development lifecycle.
  • Translate models across datasets, modalities, and disease areas using approaches such as transfer learning, representation learning, and domain adaptation.
  • Perform integrative and metanalyses of largescale, multisource datasets to generate robust, generalizable insights.
  • Curate, harmonize, and quality control complex scientific and clinical datasets to enable rigorous statistical analysis and machine learning model development.
  • Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams spanning biology, chemistry, pharmacology, clinical science, and data science to ensure AI solutions are scientifically grounded and decision relevant.
  • Communicate scientific findings clearly and transparently through internal forums and external publications, producing high impact, peer reviewed work while safeguarding confidential information and supporting reproducibility.

Requirements

  • PhD in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics or Biostatistics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Immunology, or a related field.
  • Early career researcher (no more than 2-years of postdoc working experience)
  • Able to commit to a minimum two-year postdoctoral fellowship.
  • Demonstrated scientific achievement through first author publications, peer reviewed contributions, or significant scientific presentations.
  • Experience applying AI/ML to real world problems, including predictive modeling, generative models, representation learning, or ML system design.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow.
  • Experience working with large, complex, or heterogeneous datasets, including data curation, model evaluation, and scalable computing environments (cloud and/or HPC).
  • Ability to collaborate across disciplines including biology, chemistry, pharmacology, statistics, engineering, or clinical science, translating computational approaches into scientific context.
  • Familiarity with reproducible and responsible AI practices, including version control, transparent reporting, and awareness of model limitations and bias.
  • Strong communication skills, intellectual curiosity, and a mission driven interest in advancing science and improving patient outcomes.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Job title

Postdoctoral Fellow – R&D Science Engineer

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Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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