2027 Future Talent Program - Computer Scientist - Agentic & Augmented Authoring Systems - Co-op
Merck · West Point, PA
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Role summary
Merck's Digital Operations and Innovation team seeks a computer science co-op student to develop agentic systems for automating nonclinical drug safety reporting. This six-month role involves designing AI-driven workflows and data pipelines to streamline document authoring and accelerate drug development timelines.
What they're looking for
- PhD student in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Software Engineering, or related quantitative field
- Strong Python programming with clean, modular code practices
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, prompt engineering, and orchestration frameworks
- Solid understanding of data structures and unstructured data manipulation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ambiguous or noisy data
- Vector databases and NLP evaluation techniques (preferred)
- AWS or GCP experience and Git/GitHub proficiency (preferred)
What you'll be doing
- Design and implement agentic workflows and orchestration pipelines for data retrieval and formatting
- Develop Python data extraction pipelines to parse structured and unstructured scientific data
- Evaluate and benchmark LLM outputs for accuracy and reporting template compliance
- Collaborate with data scientists and scientific experts to automate document-authoring processes
- Participate in agile sprints, code reviews, and maintain production-grade documentation
Compensation$39,108–$111,111
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