Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics

Work Schedule

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Discover Impactful Work

You will be an integral part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team of scientists and engineers working towards cutting edge scientific solutions in Bioinformatics of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).

Location

This is a fully onsite position based in Pleasanton, CA, and relocation assistance is not available. Candidates outside the local area may be considered for positions based at other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites or remote opportunities.

A Day in the Life

• Represent software in program core team and interacting with colleagues from diverse functions such as molecular biologist, algorithm developers and product manager
• Translate custom needs to software product requirements and product specifications
• Effectively track project timelines and complete all required documentation with high quality in a timely manner
• Develop test plans and test cases to verify and validate software product requirements and specifications
• Algorithm testing for NGS data analysis pipelines
• Develop verification tools to increase testing automation coverage
• Promptly troubleshoot and resolve issues reported by both internal and external users

Keys to Success

Education

Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biomedical Engineering, or related biological field with 8+ years of experience in bioinformatics, with focus on NGS applications and oncology; OR Advanced Degree with 6+ years of experience

Experience

• Diverse knowledge and experiences in developing NGS applications
• Experience in bioinformatics tools and algorithms used in NGS analysis
• Prior experience in software design and development with a good understanding of software testing best-practices

• 5+ years of hands on software development experience with Java, Python, and Perl
• Expertise working in Linux/Unix environments and relational databases
• Understanding of clinical and regulatory requirements for diagnostic applications

Other

• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check and drug screen

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• 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, and short- and long-term disability 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards