Jobs for graduate students, postgraduates and postdoctoral candidates
What if your work could reach the patients who need it right now? Here, your research doesn’t stay on the page. It becomes part of meaningful progress that can help improve lives around the world—while you grow your career with purpose. We offer opportunities for graduate students, postgraduates and postdocs to grow and be mentored while contributing to global healthcare innovation.
Graduate student, postgraduate and postdoc jobs
From opportunities in research internships to biotechnology and bioinformatics jobs, discover all the different ways you can make an impact while you pursue advanced education or a research initiative that aligns with your passion.
Build your future while pursuing your Ph.D.
Current Ph.D. candidates can gain hands-on experience, grow as leaders and be mentored by outstanding senior scientists in our J&J Innovative Medicine Postdoctoral Program. Explore exciting research in areas such as:
- Cardiovascular and metabolism
- Immunology
- Infectious diseases and vaccines
- Market access
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Pulmonary hypertension
A uniquely supportive environment for postdocs
J&J’s a uniquely supportive environment for postdocs, offering several compelling advantages. There’s a dual focus: internally, on impactful work, and externally, on high-quality external research. Having discussed this with other postdocs, I feel like that’s not the norm.
An inside look at our postdoc community
Get application advice and learn how potential future colleagues are shaping the future of health.
J&J postdoc careers: Applying AI and data science to shape the future of health
U.K.-based data scientist Tianyu C. shares how postdocs and recent university grads in EMEA can help shape the future of health when they join the data science team at J&J.
3 tips for data science candidates applying to clinical trials and data and reporting roles
Explore three ways to highlight your in-demand data science skills in an application or interview to showcase your qualifications in clinical trials reporting.
From Iran to health innovation: A data scientist’s journey
Alex J., Ph.D., is driving bold innovation in healthcare today: therapies that treat rare diseases, statistical models that can accurately predict how diseases progress and more. Follow in his footsteps to find out how you can use data science to help positively impact the future of health
A winning workplace for graduate students, postgraduates and postdocs
Ready to join a team where you can grow your career and make an impact? Here are a few of the ways our employees and leading career experts consistently recognize J&J as one of the best places to work for innovators and people early in their careers.
- World’s Most Admired Companies 2026 – Fortune magazine
- Best Workplaces for Innovators 2025 – Fast Company
- Best Brands for Social Impact 2025 – Forbes magazine
- AIQ 50 “The companies leading the way in AI” 2025 – Fortune magazine
- Early Talent Awards 2025 – Handshake
Join our Global Talent Hub
This is how we meet and keep in touch with students, new grads and early-in-career professionals around the world. It's the first place our recruiters look when they have a new job. Share your career experience and goals, connect with our recruiters and more.
