Lead AI Scientist

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DHR Enterprise AI Solutions is Danahers enterprise AI engineering capability responsible for identifying opportunities building and scaling reusable AI solutions and accelerating measurable business impact across operating companies. We combine product architecture AI science engineering and operations to industrialize AI establish enterprise standards and enable the next generation of AI-powered products workflows applications and decision-making. The Lead AI Scientist must understand AI algorithms at a scientific level including their development progression and interaction with data. The Lead AI Scientist must be highly proficient in Python and capable of performing hands-on technical work rather than operating primarily as a people manager. Candidates should have held at least a senior or lead position although a technically hands-on director from a startup could also be considered. The role may mentor junior AI engineers and scientists but will not have direct reports.

We look forward to welcoming you to our DHR Enterprise AI Solutions you will be responsible for exploring and validating emerging AI methods designing rigorous evaluations and turning promising research into practical capabilities that Danaher can industrialize and scale. This hybrid role will require working occasionally in our Boston facility.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:
Identify and investigate emerging AI methods with potential to address high-value scientific operational or commercial challenges across Danaher.
Design rigorous experiments benchmarks and evaluation approaches that make capability limitations and risk transparent.
Develop and test novel modelling reasoning retrieval or agentic approaches in partnership with AI and software engineers.
Translate research findings into clear recommendations reusable methods and production-minded prototypes for wider adoption.
Communicate complex scientific concepts to technical and business audiences and mentor colleagues in advanced AI practices.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Minimum masters degree with a PhD preferred. Relevant disciplines include artificial intelligence data science machine learning computer science mathematics physics or a related subject. Candidates without a PhD should have approximately five years of experience following completion of a masters degree. PhD work may satisfy the experience expectation.
Strong expertise in machine learning generative AI statistical methods and experimental design.
Ability to move from literature and emerging research to reproducible experiments and practical enterprise applications.
Hands-on proficiency with Python modern AI frameworks evaluation methods and relevant cloud or compute environments.
Sound scientific judgement intellectual curiosity and the ability to challenge assumptions with evidence.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills across research engineering and business audiences.

Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally as needed to support program delivery business engagement partner coordination audits training or operational readiness.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Applied AI research or advanced model-development programs.
Designing model agent or system evaluation frameworks.
Transferring research innovations into enterprise products or production solutions.

Danaher offers a broad array of comprehensive competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

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The annual salary range for this role is $175000 - $200000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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