Machine Learning Scientist

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission-to serve patients living with serious illnesses-drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas -Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease- we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Machine Learning Scientist

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world. Within Amgen's Research and Development organization, the Therapeutic Protein Design (TPD) team supports the broad goal of advancing and applying computational protein design to revolutionize how biologic therapeutics are made.

In this vital role you will work with a cross functional team of scientists and engineers building foundational models that are used, tested, and trained on real world applications of generative design to the development of therapeutic biomolecules. Providing technical leadership and partnering across broad discovery areas of research, you will:

Develop and implement groundbreaking machine learning and protein science solutions.

• Collaborate with computational and experimental scientists toestablishthese tools as a foundation ofthe discovery pipeline.

• Work towards individual ownership and a leadership role indeterminingmodel architectures and research program needs.

• Engage with open source and academic collaborations in the machine learning field.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The driven professional we seek is a highly collaborative and confident researcher with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master's degree and 2 years of machine learning experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 4 years of machine learning experience

OR

Associate's degree and 8 years of machine learning experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in in Computational Sciences, Computational Biology, Applied Math,Statisticsor related quantitative field.

• Strongtrack recordof research accomplishments including three or more scientific publications or conference presentations in machine learning

• Experience specifically with model training and diffusion model architecture,demonstratedby scientific publication orconference presentations.

• Experience with UNIX/Linux, Python,PyTorch, Git, and cloud computing platforms

• Experienceworking with biological data, andin applying machine learning to computational biology

• Strong communicationand technical leadership skills with an enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary team environment.

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we'll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans

• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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