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Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow- Computational Peptide Modeling

at Merck

📍 USA - New Jersey - Rahway Hybrid 💰 $75K – $86K USD / year Posted March 27, 2026
Salary $75K – $86K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience entry
Exp. Years 0-1 years postdoctoral
Education Ph.D. completed within 6 months in relevant scientific discipline
Category Data & Analytics

Postdoctoral fellow specializing in computational peptide modeling to develop new approaches for understanding peptide therapeutics, collaborating across chemistry disciplines.

  • Conduct peptide dynamics research
  • Develop computational methods
  • Collaborate with chemistry teams
  • Publish scientific findings
  • Present research progress

Focus on molecular dynamics, conformational sampling, molecular modeling, cheminformatics tools like RDKit, scikit-learn, PyTorch, with programming in Python and Bash.

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a Ph.D. in computational chemistry, biochemistry, or biophysics, experienced in molecular dynamics simulations, molecular modeling, and cheminformatics, with strong programming skills in Python and Bash.

Ph.D. in Computational ChemistryBiochemistryBiophysicsExperience with molecular dynamics simulationsMolecular modeling techniquesCheminformatics techniquesPython programmingCommand-line scripting
Experience with machine learningExperience with structural modelingExperience with drug discoveryPublication record
RDKitscikit-learnPyTorchPythonBash
Computational ChemistryMolecular Dynamics SimulationsMolecular ModelingCheminformaticsRDKitscikit-learnPyTorchPythonBashPeptide Dynamics
Computational ChemistryBiochemistryBiophysicsMolecular Dynamics SimulationsConformational SamplingMolecular ModelingCheminformaticsRDKitscikit-learnPyTorchPythonCommand-line ScriptingBashMolecular Property PredictionsPeptide Dynamics
Independent ResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingPresentation Skills
Industry Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences
Job Function Research and develop computational peptide modeling techniques
Role Subtype Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Tech Domains Python, Bash, Cheminformatics
computational chemistrymolecular dynamics simulationsmolecular modelingcheminformaticsRDKitscikit-learnPyTorchPythonpeptide dynamicsdrug discoveryconformational samplingbiochemistrybiophysicsresearch fellowpostdoctoralRahwaymolecular dynamicspeptide

No Ph.D. in relevant field, Lack of molecular dynamics experience, No experience with molecular modeling or cheminformatics, Inability to work independently, No publication record

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