
Principal Scientist – R&D DSDH Ontology Developer
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Spring House • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania • United States
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Salary
💰 $117,000 - $201,250 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, build, and govern the semantic frameworks that unify data across the development‑to‑delivery lifecycle for Therapeutics Development & Supply (TDS).
- Translate scientific, technical, and operational concepts into well‑structured ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and semantic models.
- Produce validated, versioned semantic models and API‑ready outputs for integration into enterprise platforms.
- Maintain accountability for components of the TDS ontology roadmap—setting scope, priority, use cases, and success metrics.
- Define and enforce modeling guidelines, naming and versioning conventions, change control processes, and release/deprecation rules.
- Ensure TDS ontologies serve as foundational assets enabling knowledge graphs, data products, advanced analytics, and AI/ML workflows.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
- 3–5+ years of hands‑on experience in ontology engineering, knowledge modeling, semantic standards, or knowledge graph development, consistent with expectations in semantic technology roles.
- Proficiency with OWL, RDF(S), SKOS, SHACL, SPARQL, ontology design patterns, and reasoning workflows.
- Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, GraphDB, etc).
- Strong skills in analytical problem solving, requirements gathering, and translating discussions with SMEs into semantic structures.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver high‑quality outcomes.
Benefits
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ontology engineeringknowledge modelingsemantic standardsknowledge graph developmentOWLRDF(S)SKOSSHACLSPARQLgraph databases
Soft Skills
analytical problem solvingrequirements gatheringproject managementcommunicationtranslating discussions
Certifications
Master’s degreePh.D.