Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics and Data Science
Requisition ID: 228169BR

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information
Carlsbad, CA - 5781 Van Allen Way

How will you make an impact?
Surrounded by collaborative colleagues, you’ll have the support and opportunities that only a global leader like Thermo Fisher Scientific can give you. Our respected, growing organization has an exceptional strategy for the near term and beyond. Take your place on our strong team and help us make significant contributions to the world.

What will you do?

• Work with different types of experimental data and high throughput omics data, generated by platforms such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) data and proteomic data
• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines for data analysis
• Conduct data integration, analysis and interpretation of large-scale data sets
• Apply bioinformatics, statistical analysis, and machine learning tools and approaches in data analysis
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary R&D team members to design experiments, analyze data, and interpret results
• Contribute to the development of new bioinformatics methods and software tools
• Provide bioinformatics support to other groups within the company

Maintain strict confidentiality of proprietary data and resultant analyses
We are looking for a highly motivated and expert scientist to join our R&D team in Carlsbad California. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing data science solutions to support our research and development efforts. This role requires collaboration with different R&D teams across many locations.

How will you get here?
Education

• PhD or Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field

Experience

• Solid background in computational biology, bioinformatics, and computer science
• Experience in analyzing large-scale sophisticated datasets of various types, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics
• Strong programming skills in the R and Python languages, and others such as C/C++, shell
• Experience with relational database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQL query language.
• Experiences with Linux operating system

. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of bioinformatics tools and databases such as BLAST, GenBank, and KEGG
• Solid grasp of the scientific method and ability to apply it towards data analysis
• Hands on experience using Machine learning algorithms
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate complex technical information to diverse audiences
• Good communication and collaboration skills, ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary range estimated for this position is $112,300 -171,550 annualized. This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our US colleagues and their families can count on, which generally includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan
• A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health
• Reimbursement Account (HRA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
  Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits
• Employee assistance program
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer time off in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 65,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

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