Science and Technology on a Mission!
For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.

We have an opening for a highly motivated Staff Scientist to conduct research in drug design and development, specifically with expertise in molecular modeling and simulations of biological systems and quantum mechanical calculations for cheminformatics. You will be an integral member of an interdisciplinary team working with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. You will be responsible for searching for hit compounds, optimizing lead compounds, and predicting useful properties of the small molecules of interest. You will work with a team of computational biologists, chemists, and experimental biologist to enable innovative solutions toward delivering an efficacious Investigative New Drug entity. This position is in the Biochemical and Biophysical Systems group of the Biosciences and Biotechnology Division.

In this role you will

• Conduct advanced independent research to predict small molecule binding to proteins and drug design.
• Perform and automate high throughput molecular dynamics simulations to predict protein function.
• Develop new analytics to analyze results from complex biology experiments and simulations.
• Develop collaborations with external partners (Universities, Industry, other National Laboratories) to advance computational biology simulation efforts.
• Prepare complex and detailed weekly progress reports to support project needs and deadlines. Prepare complex written analyses and verbal briefings, and present research results at corporate meetings.
• Develop new and innovative research methods relevant to the needs of Laboratory programs and/or external funding agencies
• Write proposals, secure funding, and establish independent research projects.
• Interact with senior project staff and management to influence programmatic decisions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.