Senior Specialist, Data Science

Merck • West Point, PA, United States • Posted June 15, 2026

Location West Point, PA
Job Type Full-time
Category other-general
Posted June 15, 2026
**Job Description**

The Computational Toxicology Group within Nonclinical Drug Safety (NDS) seeks a senior AI/ML scientist to drive the development and deployment of next-generation computational toxicology capabilities. This role will combine advanced machine learning, foundation model engineering, and domain expertise to accelerate safer drug discovery and support regulatory-ready New Approach Methodologies (NAMs). The successful candidate will lead cross-functional projects, deliver production-grade models and agentic systems, and help establish governance and MLOps practices that ensure reproducibility, transparency, and ethical AI use in preclinical research.

**Key responsibilities**

+ Lead deployment of advanced AI/ML solutions (multimodal transformers, graph or sequence models, Bayesian/probabilistic approaches) for toxicity prediction and translational safety applications.
+ Design and implement agentic AI systems tailored to toxicology use cases

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