Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and scientifically versatile Computational Drug Discovery & Synthetic Chemistry Scientist to support innovative pharmaceutical research spanning computer-aided drug design (CADD), computational chemistry, cheminformatics, computational toxicology, and synthetic route development.

What You'll Do

• Computational Drug Discovery & Molecular Design
• Retrosynthetic Analysis & Synthetic Route Development
• Patent & Literature-Aware Chemistry
• Computational Toxicology & Safety Assessment
• Cheminformatics, Data & Computational Platforms
• Scientific Collaboration

Key Responsibilities

• PhD in Computational Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Computational Biology, or a closely related discipline
• Postdoctoral experience and/or approximately 1–5 years of relevant industry or research experience
• Demonstrated hands-on experience applying computational methods to real-world drug discovery problems
• Strong expertise in at least two major computational drug discovery areas,



such as:
• Molecular docking
• Virtual screening
• Pharmacophore modeling
• Molecular dynamics
• QSAR/QSPR
• Cheminformatics
• Computational ADMET
• Computational toxicology
• Machine learning/AI for drug discovery
• Robust knowledge of organic chemistry and demonstrated ability to perform retrosynthetic analysis and develop synthetic routes for small molecules
• Ability to independently evaluate the feasibility and practicality of proposed synthetic routes
• Experience searching scientific literature and chemical/pharmaceutical patents
• Strong understanding of molecular structure, chemical properties, protein–ligand interactions, reaction chemistry, and principles of drug discovery
• Ability to integrate computational, chemical, and experimental information to make scientific recommendations
• Strong scientific writing, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to work indep

📌 Computational Drug Discovery (Hyderabad)
🏢 HRV Pharma
📍 Hyderabad