Principal Scientist

Shape the future of drug discovery through scientific innovation and collaboration.

Join a highly innovative environment where cutting-edge science advanced technologies and multidisciplinary teamwork come together to address some of the most challenging questions in pharmaceutical research. This is a unique opportunity to contribute your expertise influence scientific strategies foster collaboration across global teams and help drive breakthroughs that have the potential to improve patients lives worldwide.

Ready to make a lasting impact Apply now and be part of our journey to transform the future of healthcare.

• In your new role you will identify develop validate and advance state-of-the-art computational methods in molecular AI/ML cheminformatics and structure-based drug design.
• You will drive the application of these innovative computational approaches to support the discovery and optimization of novel lead compounds.
• Furthermore you will partner closely with medicinal chemists computational scientists and multidisciplinary project teams to understand scientific needs and priorities.
• You will communicate model outputs and limitations effectively and translate computational insights into actionable recommendations.
• Moreover you will collaborate with software engineers data scientists and other partners to develop and deploy scalable computational workflows for molecular design synthesis planning and decision support integrating them into our digital ecosystem.
• Finally you will mentor postdoctoral researchers and scientists and establish lead and supervise internal and external scientific collaborations.

• PhD in Computer Science Chemistry Physics Mathematics or a related quantitative discipline
• Several years of experience applying computational approaches to drug discovery within the pharmaceutical biotechnology or related life sciences industry
• Strong expertise in machine learning artificial intelligence and data science methodologies to chemical data
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: molecular property prediction foundation models for molecular data generative molecular design reaction prediction structure-based modeling or agentic AI for scientific discovery
• Proven proficiency in Python-based scientific computing machine learning frameworks and cheminformatics tools such as RDKit
• Experience with collaborative software engineering best practices including version control testing and CI/CD workflows
• Creative collaborative and proactive mindset with excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills and a demonstrated ability to influence and work effectively across multidisciplinary teams

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team Tel: 49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail:

Recruitment process:

Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until October 23rd 2026. We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to 23.10.2026 are guaranteed to be considered.
Step 2: Virtual meeting during end October
Step 3: On-site interviews mid of November

Please submit your application documents in English.