Flagship Pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship
Flagship Pioneering conceives, resources, and builds life-changing companies (including the now familiar drug and vaccine innovator, Moderna Therapeutics). Flagship has created over 100 scientific ventures resulting in >$200 billion in aggregate value, 500+ issued patents, and >50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. We are very excited to launch our AI Fellowship Program in 2022. Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, we have created companies leveraging advances in computing, big data and AI. In recent years, this trend has accelerated with first-in-category life science companies such as Generate Biomedicines, Cellarity, Valo, and many others creating breakthrough innovations using AI and ML technologies.
We are looking for extraordinary computational scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to learn our unique company creation process and work alongside individuals within the Flagship Ecosystem focused on solving the most impactful challenges in AI and the life sciences.
Key responsibilities of AI Fellows:
- Learn Flagship Pioneering’s system of generating and refining actionable pioneering hypotheses
- Exhibit and develop your creativity, adaptability, and ability to innovate
- Contribute to the creation of game-changing ideas & innovations based on AI and ML models that can be developed into the next breakthrough companies
- Contribute to the development of novel computational tools and methods to accelerate breakthrough innovations in health and sustainability
- Leverage data generated by Flagship companies to build ML models and uncover valuable scientific insights
- Work directly with highly experienced Flagship Pioneering team members—a group of widely recognized scientists, entrepreneurs, and executives
- Build relationships and expand your network with a diverse and highly successful group of peers
- Work alongside and learn from science, computing, and business leaders, providing a unique platform for personal growth
- Explore opportunities to become a full-time member of the Flagship Pioneering team or one of our AI/ML-focused companies
Required Technical Knowledge/Skills
- Currently a MS or PhD in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, physics, computational biology, or another discipline with a strong quantitative focus from a top program
- Deep research and/or industry experience in at least one of the following fields: machine learning, robotics, computer vision, computer simulation, computational biology, computational neuroscience, computational chemistry or any other field where AI/ML can be deployed at scale
- Deep understanding of statistical and algorithmic principles in data science
- Experience using various programming languages to implement ML algorithms
- Demonstrated leader
- Effective communicator
- Academic excellence
- Ability to challenge dogma
- Self-starter mentality
- Strong team player
- Creative in the ability to solve complex scientific and computational problems
- Available for full time employment by Spring 2023
For more details and to apply, visit:https://boards.greenhouse.io/flagshippioneeringinc/jobs/5753918002?gh_jid=5753918002&gh_src=53e18e1b2us