Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

US- Ann Arbor, MI

Clinical Sequencing Division

We develop next generation sequencing (NGS) based solutions to support research and IVD applications in oncology and other clinical domains.

How will you make an impact?

NGS is rapidly reshaping life sciences, translational research, and clinical diagnostics. We are dedicated to broadening the range of NGS applications with a focus on comprehensive oncology diagnostics. If you are a motivated and innovative bioinformatics scientist seeking to advance your existing expertise in these fields, we would like to invite you to join our NGS R&D Bioinformatics team.

What will you do?

Work in a collaborative environment with other bioinformatics, software, instrument, molecular biology, program management and product management colleagues to build high quality productsDevelop sophisticated and custom bioinformatics analyses and algorithms to support development of targeted sequencing assays.Guide molecular biologists with data interpretation and analysis in areas such as variant calling, CNV detection, RNA fusion detection and genome annotations.Apply innovative data science approaches to troubleshoot and improve NGS assay performance.Work independently, prioritize, multi-task, and apply data analysis and problem-solving expertise to develop and improve products targeting important areas of unmet medical need.

How will you get here?

Education and Experience

PhD with 0-3 years experience OR MS with 3-5 years industry experience required; prefer educational background in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.A solid knowledge of next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis, statistics and data analysis principles as demonstrated by your industry experience or publication history.Experience with algorithm development and scientific computing, particularly as related to developing bioinformatics analysis methods and algorithms for NGS data.Proficiency in Python or Perl, MATLAB or R, Linux shell scripting and scientific data visualization.Effective communication skills, especially for presenting scientific results both internally and externally, keeping records, crafting documentation, and working collaboratively in a team of scientists.Experience or understanding in any of the following areas are also highly desirable: cancer biology, genetics, machine learning, molecular biology, metagenomics, PCR primer design, molecular barcoding.Direct experience with product development cycles and IVD regulations is a plus.