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Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water, and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources, and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

• Pipeline Development and Maintenance: Develop, optimize, and maintain bioinformatics pipelines and tools using Python and other relevant scripting languages on linux based platforms.
• Data Analysis: Perform data analysis and interpretation of high-throughput sequencing data, including but not limited to DNA, RNA, cell free total nucleic acid datasets.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including laboratory scientists, clinical researchers, regulatory professionals, and software developers, to design and implement bioinformatics solutions that meet project requirements.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to data processing and analysis, ensuring timely and accurate results.
• Quality Control: Ensure data integrity, quality control, and compliance with regulatory standards throughout the development process.
• Documentation: Document workflows, pipelines, and analysis results in a clear and reproducible manner, adhering to best practices in scientific research.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in bioinformatics, genomics, and computational biology, and apply this knowledge to improve existing pipelines and develop new solutions.

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, or a related field.

• At least 5 years of experience in bioinformatics, with a focus on oncology and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).
• Proven experience in Python programming, bash scripting, Unix/Linux systems, next generation sequencing analysis, and somatic oncology genomics
• Strong understanding of bioinformatics tools and algorithms, including sequence alignment, variant calling, and functional annotation.
• Experience with high-throughput sequencing data analysis (e.g., NGS, RNA-Seq, WGS, etc.).
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Github)
• Experience working in regulated environments and familiarity with regulatory compliance and quality assurance standards.

• Outstanding problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent documentation skills, with the ability to write clear and reproducible workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) is a plus.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis and machine learning techniques is a plus.
• Familiarity with databases and data management systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) is a plus.

• 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

• 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