Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics

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Job date: 2018-03-01
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Company : Real Staffing 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with product management and R&D leadership in developing program goals and objectives across the Genomics business unit
  • Design and plan product, process, or assay development and qualification activities, specifically for NGS product development and custom NGS projects
  • Serve as cross-functional subject-matter expert in product/pipeline development from feasibility to market launch
  • Bring a proven record of success in a data production environment: generate, optimize, and maintain scripts for routine NGS data processing
  • Use hands-on experience analyzing and managing large-scale genomic data to achieve business unit objectives
  • Contribute experience with multiple sequencing/molecular analysis systems and technology platforms (NGS, PCR, array)
  • Stay abreast of scientific/technological developments through participation in scientific meetings/seminars and through regular scientific review
Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational biology, or a related field with at least 5 years' NGS laboratory experience or PhD in bioinformatics and 1-3 years of experience
  • Familiarity with human and mammalian genomics, standard genomic databases (UCSC, EnsEMBL, NCBI), formats, and tools
  • Proficiency in python, ruby, perl, or another high-level scripting language
  • Familiarity with UNIX-based operating systems, shell scripting, and pipeline development
  • Experience in handling databases (MySQL, Oracle) and statistical programming (SAS / R)
  • Experience in building algorithms and/or customizing existing algorithms for NGS data analysis
  • Hands on experience with genome alignment, mapping , variant calling and annotation tools
  • Demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for an organization's vision; strong track record of motivating, leading, and empowering others to achieve organizational goals


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Additional Info:
Job Location: Madison, WI

Job Pay: up to $43 per hour

Job Duration: 6-month contract to hire

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