Intern, Cell Painting Foundation Models

Job Description:

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com
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Job Function: Career Programs
Job Sub Function: Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op
Job Category:Career Program
All Job Posting Locations:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America, Zug, Switzerland
Job Description:
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Position Components
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.
Responsibilities:
* 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 candidate's program year, discipline, degree and/or experience. Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan. Co-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 year. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension).
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
This 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 https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Ineligibility for severance.
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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.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :$23.00/hr to $51.50/hr
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:The expected pay range for this position is between $23.00 per hour and $51.50 per hour but will be based on candidate's program year, discipline, degree and/or experience. Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan. Co-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 year. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension). For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on 3/12/2026. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications