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About MSD
MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) is the international name for Merck & Co., a major U.S.-based pharmaceutical company.
MSD currently has
19 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$117,000–$184,200
across 18 roles with salary data.
Join the Data, AI & Genome Sciences (DAGS) group as an automation engineer/scientist at our Research Laboratories in Cambridge, MA. This senior role involves developing and implementing automated systems for single-cell, spatial, and molecular omics workflows, focusing on Immunology Biomarker Discovery. You will collaborate with biologists, data scientists, and therapeutic area experts to create scalable automation workflows using platforms like CosMx WTx, Xenium, and REAP-seq/CITE-seq. Key responsibilities include integrating instrumentation, monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and documenting methods for compliance. The ideal candidate has a Ph.D. in a relevant STEM field with 3-5 years of industry experience, expertise in automation tools like Linux/Unix environments, HPC clusters, and scripting languages such as Python or R, and strong communication skills to mentor scientists and present findings to senior leadership.
Python
R
Unix
Version Control
Testing
Documentation
Next-Generation Sequencing
Machine Learning Algorithms
Data Visualization
High-Performance Computing
Pandas
SQL
Deep Learning
Time Series Analysis
Graph Algorithms
Logistic Regression Model
NLP
GenAI