Intern, Cell Painting Foundation Models

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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D Data Science & Digital Health organization is seeking a PhD-level AI/ML research intern to work at the intersection of representation learning bioimaging foundation models predictive modeling and drug discovery. This internship is designed for candidates who want to develop novel machine learning methods and apply them to large-scale high-content imaging data to generate biological insights that advance drug discovery. You will work with large-scale cell painting datasets to develop and derive biologically meaningful representations. You will be a member of a dynamic team comprising AI/ML scientists computational biologists and subject matter experts to prototype evaluate and iterate on data science solutions. The internship could be based in Cambridge MA; Spring House PA; Titusville NJ; or Zug Switzerland.

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• Develop and evaluate AI/ML algorithms to extract biologically meaningful phenotypic representations from large-scale high-content images

• Collaborate closely with other machine learning scientists computational biologists and chemists to develop and execute the research project.

• Document and disseminate research findings internally and externally (e.g.- submitting to top-tier ML conferences/journals).

Minimum qualifications:

• Currently pursuing PhD degree in Data Science Computer Science Electrical Engineering Biomedical Informatics Computational Biology or related quantitative field.

• Strong working knowledge of foundation models vision transformers and AI/ML methods for large-scale bioimaging data (e.g. Cell Painting)

• Strong analytical skills in computer vision for bioimage analysis with validated track records (publication in top-tier journals/conferences public code contributions etc)

• Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch to address scientific problems.

• Strong technical communication and presentation skills.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in one or more of the following -

• Experience developing AI/ML methods to derive biological insights from high-dimensional bioimaging data

• Familiarity with vision transformers predictive modeling graph modeling and domain adaptation methods in the biomedical field

• Hands-on experience analyzing cell painting datasets is a plus

• Proven track records of publishing in related top-tier journals/conferences

The expected pay range for this position is between $23.00 per hour and $51.50 per hour but will be based on candidates program year discipline degree and/or -Ops/Interns areeligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the -Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington up to 56 hours per calendar -Opsand Interns are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension).

For additional general information on Company benefits please go to: job posting is anticipated to close on 03/12/2026. The Company may however extend this time-period in which case the posting will remain available on to accept additional applications.

Ineligibility for severance.

Permanently authorized to work in the U.S. must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g. H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT OPT or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.

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