CareerPlan

Co-Op, Reaction Prediction & Benchmarking

Alewife, Cambridge, MAFull-time2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop and evaluate machine learning methods for small molecule design, synthesis, and medicinal chemistry optimization.

Role type

Co-op research engineer (chemistry/AI)

Builds

Benchmarks for reaction prediction models and molecular property predictors

Domain

Chemistry + Machine Learning

Deliverable

research

Required skills

Python, cheminformatics libraries (RDKit), supervised learning, model evaluation metrics

Preferred skills

molecular property prediction, multi-task learning, self-supervised pre-training, model fine-tuning, reaction data formats (SMARTS), reaction databases (Pistachio, Reaxys, SciFinder), organic/medicinal chemistry

Technologies

Python, RDKit

Responsibilities

Plan and execute a Co-Op project in conjunction with the Molecular Intelligence team; build benchmarks to assess reaction prediction models; develop and fine-tune molecular property predictors using project-specific data

Seniority

Co-op (graduate student)