Staff Bioinformatics Scientist – Becton Dickinson & Company – Menlo Park, CA

Job ID: 5341
Job date: 2016-03-26
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Company : Becton Dickinson & Company 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Description The successful candidate will work with a team of bioinformaticians, wet lab scientists, and software developers to develop analytical, statistical, and visualization algorithms, implement tools and software pipelines used to analyze large biological datasets e.g. DNA/RNA sequencing data. Duties and Responsibilities Work closely with senior bioinformatics scientists and bench scientists to develop analysis and visualization tools, and pipelines for analysis of large biological datasets Debug pipelines and address pipeline issues raised by internal users in R&D and external collaborators Perform benchmark analysis and evaluate pipeline performance Support basic data analysis relating to pipeline performance Evaluate third party bioinformatics tools for applications to our data Collaborate effectively with other employees to help advance the company’s research and development and commercial goals Qualifications PhD in bioinformatics, biology, or equivalent. Extensive experience in Genomics, understanding and familiarity with public genomic databases and methods to work with them, mainly NCBI (GenBank, RefSeq, etc.), UCSC, ENSEMBL, etc.

Proficiency in data analysis using Python (preferable) or R Significant Python programming skills Experience with Next Generation Sequencing technologies, tool usage, and data analysis Experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and SQL language Experience with Linux, shell (e.g. Bash) scripting Team-oriented, strong communicator who effectively adjusts to technical and non-technical audiences. Able to prioritize and deliver results with a high emphasis on quality, technical rigor, and attention to detail.

Preferred Skills Experience with network analysis, machine learning algorithms highly desirable Experience with software and pipeline development Experience of development and computing in cloud (e.g. Amazon Web Services) and cluster environments (e.g. SGE/UGE) Job Software Development Primary Location US-California-Menlo Park Shift First Shift / Day Job Relocation Available Possible


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