Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danahers 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesand were all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

Youll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danahers system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, youll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the worlds most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The AI Model Lead is the senior technical owner responsible for architecting and delivering advanced AI models that power missioncritical products. This role requires deep ML expertise, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to influence strategy across multiple teams. You will lead highimpact initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and drive innovation in model development, optimization, and deployment.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Own the endtoend architecture and technical strategy for largescale AI/ML models, including LLMs and multimodal systems.
• Lead development, training, and optimization of advanced models using stateoftheart deep learning and distributed training techniques.
• Drive crossorg alignment by partnering with product, research, infra, and engineering leaders to shape longterm AI roadmap and priorities.
• Mentor and elevate senior ML engineers and researchers, setting technical standards and guiding complex design decisions.
• Ensure operational excellence through scalable MLOps pipelines, rigorous evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI practices.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors degree in data science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience and 12+ years of experience in ML, deep learning, or applied AI.
• Expertlevel proficiency in PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or similar frameworks.
• Deep understanding of distributed training, model parallelism, and largescale data pipelines.
• Strong ability to influence technical direction across teams and orgs.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring senior engineers or researchers.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience building or finetuning LLMs, multimodal models, or foundation models.
• Publications in top AI/ML conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL).
• Experience with cloudscale ML infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Background in model safety, responsible AI, or evaluation frameworks.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel Around 25%, overnight, some international travel outside of home territory

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

The annual salary range for this role is $210,000 - $235,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit Danaher Corporation

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

Join our winning team today. Together, well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

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We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com.