Research Scientist in Machine Learning for Product Development (m/f/d)

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Research Scientist in Machine Learning for Product Development (m/f/d)

The Machine Learning Research group within the recently established Digital Technologies department in Bayer Pharma is seeking a passionate and creative
scientist (m/f/d) to join our team in Berlin and apply machine learning techniques to various areas of product development.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be an active member (m/f/d) of a highly interdisciplinary and cross-organizational team
• Drive the necessary data preparation and harmonization activities for the different use cases
• Build and validate models to predict ideal crystallization conditions using data from past experiments
• Build and validate models to predict different stability properties of active ingredients
• Conceive, execute and evaluate computational experiments, interpret the results and present them in various committees
• Work in collaboration with peers located in the Crop Science and Consumer Health divisions working on similar aspects of product development
• Generate direct impact on our discovery and development projects to help patients and farmers
• Strengthen external visibility and scientific excellence through publishing and engaging with the scientific community

WHO YOU ARE

• PhD degree (or M.Sc with long-term working experience) in computer sciences, computational chemistry, computational biology, physics or related
  fields and sincere interest for the life sciences
• Experience in cheminformatics (incl. QSAR) and computational chemistry (incl. quantum chemistry)
• Excellent programming skills in Python are essential
• Proficiency in writing code and experience using a Linux high performance environment
• Highly creative person with outstanding problem-solving ability and the willingness to undertake challenging analysis tasks
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to work effectively both independently and in
  cross-functional teams
• Willingness to travel occasionally between research sites
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

We are a young and international team of scientists passionate about exploring how machine learning can help in different aspects of drug
discovery and development. We are looking forward to meet like-minded people!

The position is a fixed-term contract for two years, starting as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION

This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Location: Germany : Berlin : Berlin

Division: Pharmaceuticals

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