Job ID: 3872
Job date: 2015-07-17
End Date:
Company : Pacific Biosciences Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2015-07-17
End Date:
Company : Pacific Biosciences Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
Pacific Biosciences is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to support application development using SMRT® sequencing data, with an emphasis on applications involving full length transcript sequencing (Iso-Seq®). The candidate will employ expertise in bioinformatics, data analysis, biological insight, and software engineering. The ability to interact with marketing, internal support and development; communicate with customers both pre- and post-sales; and communicate results to diverse audiences are important aspects of this role. This scientist will be working in a fast-paced commercial environment, interacting with customers, other scientists and engineers from a wide variety of backgrounds. The position is based in Menlo Park.
Responsibilities:
• Work with R&D and marketing teams to continually improve the bioinformatics capabilities and workflows associated with next generation sequencing data to support use of the platform in general and in strategic application areas
• Provide scientific and applications feedback to development, marketing, and sales
• Utilize and integrate both Pacific Biosciences tools and open source academic tools to help analyze data for internal and customer projects
• Assist customers and collaborators in experimental design and analysis to promote the use of the Pacific Biosciences instrumentation in their laboratories
• Problem-solve to overcome technical challenges (including basic Linux operation, Pacific Biosciences analysis software, and operation of bioinformatics analysis pipelines)
• Provide timely technical and application assistance in response to customer inquiries
• Train bioinformatics customers and collaborators on PacBio data characteristics, target applications, and PacBio and other open source academic tools
• Assist sales and support in pre-sales functions as well as working with customers to understand and integrate their work flows
• Conduct scientific presentations to internal and external audiences
Requirements:
• Min. Master’s degree, PhD Preferred in bioinformatics, life science, statistics, and/or computer science degree
• 3+ years experience in bioinformatics.
• Proficiency with a scripting language such as Perl or Python is required
• Proficiency with a statistical package such as R or Matlab
• Experience with Next Generation Sequencing analysis and pipelines
• Intermediate level of experience in Unix operating systems
• Strong presentation and communication skills required
• Sufficient familiarity with the paper publication process and associated experimental design requirements.
• Strong trouble-shooting abilities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Team player who can effectively integrate internal and field based activities across functions to support customer requirements
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Pacific Biosciences is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to support application development using SMRT® sequencing data, with an emphasis on applications involving full length transcript sequencing (Iso-Seq®). The candidate will employ expertise in bioinformatics, data analysis, biological insight, and software engineering. The ability to interact with marketing, internal support and development; communicate with customers both pre- and post-sales; and communicate results to diverse audiences are important aspects of this role. This scientist will be working in a fast-paced commercial environment, interacting with customers, other scientists and engineers from a wide variety of backgrounds. The position is based in Menlo Park.
Responsibilities:
• Work with R&D and marketing teams to continually improve the bioinformatics capabilities and workflows associated with next generation sequencing data to support use of the platform in general and in strategic application areas
• Provide scientific and applications feedback to development, marketing, and sales
• Utilize and integrate both Pacific Biosciences tools and open source academic tools to help analyze data for internal and customer projects
• Assist customers and collaborators in experimental design and analysis to promote the use of the Pacific Biosciences instrumentation in their laboratories
• Problem-solve to overcome technical challenges (including basic Linux operation, Pacific Biosciences analysis software, and operation of bioinformatics analysis pipelines)
• Provide timely technical and application assistance in response to customer inquiries
• Train bioinformatics customers and collaborators on PacBio data characteristics, target applications, and PacBio and other open source academic tools
• Assist sales and support in pre-sales functions as well as working with customers to understand and integrate their work flows
• Conduct scientific presentations to internal and external audiences
Requirements:
• Min. Master’s degree, PhD Preferred in bioinformatics, life science, statistics, and/or computer science degree
• 3+ years experience in bioinformatics.
• Proficiency with a scripting language such as Perl or Python is required
• Proficiency with a statistical package such as R or Matlab
• Experience with Next Generation Sequencing analysis and pipelines
• Intermediate level of experience in Unix operating systems
• Strong presentation and communication skills required
• Sufficient familiarity with the paper publication process and associated experimental design requirements.
• Strong trouble-shooting abilities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Team player who can effectively integrate internal and field based activities across functions to support customer requirements
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