Scientist, Data Science – Acoustic Processing Scientist (JRD DS)

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, SQL, MATLAB Programming, R Programming

Job Description

Janssen Research & Development (“JRD”), a Johnson & Johnson company, is recruiting for a Scientist, Data Science – Acoustic Processing Scientist. The location for this position is Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; La Jolla, CA; Cambridge, MA; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, Belgium; Leiden, The Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; London, UK; Paris, France. Remote may also be considered with up to 15% travel.

Janssen develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, immunology, pulmonary hypertension, neuroscience, and infectious disease. Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals. To learn more about Janssen, one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit?https://www.janssen.com/us/. 

The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Digital Health team within Janssen R&D develops innovative insights and solutions leveraging a variety of different data sources across multiple disease areas. We are looking for outstanding scientist whose responsibilities include:

• Independently design, build, and implement state-of-the art audio/acoustic (e.g., analyzing speech, cough, and other biological sound data) and other bio-signal processing combined with predictive modeling
• Contribute to experimental design and development of analytical plans
• Work with large, sophisticated data sets
• Participate in cross-functional collaborations with external companies and internal scientific and data science teams
• Present analysis in a cross-functional setting, contextualizing how it fits within the broader project
• Contribute to scientific publication, patents, tech reports
• Stay on the cutting edge of the data science, digital health and signal processing fields to invent and customize when necessary

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• A Ph.D. degree (or Master’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant industry experience) in biomedical science or engineering, biostatistics or statistics, mathematics, computer science and other relevant fields
• Demonstrated experience with audio/acoustic AND other bio-signal processing, machine learning algorithms, exploratory data analysis, statistical modeling is required
• Proficiency with one or more programming language such as Python, Matlab, R, C++, or Java
• Ability to effectively communicate technical work to a wide audience
• Passionate about maximizing data to drive scientific innovation
• Proven scientific excellence, as measured by publications, patents, high-level presentation
• Ability to work in an agile matrix environment

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of video process
• Experience developing and/or testing analytic pipelines and code
• Familiarity with drug discovery and the clinical development process and/ or expertise in one or more therapeutic areas
• Familiarity with the statistical design and analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies