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Bethesda, MD - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science with annual revenue exceeding $44 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research solving analytical challenges improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing efficiency in their laboratories we are here to support them.

Bioinformatics Staff Scientist
Work Location (onsite): Bethesda MD

How will you make an impact

The Staff Scientist will play a pivotal role in the success of developing fully automated sampletoreport NGS workflows for applications for both clinical and research usage. This will be achieved by working closely with a team of bioinformatics algorithm developers software engineers molecular biology scientists and product managers to gather requirements design test plan and test cases validate algorithm and the SW requirements for various NGSbased oncological assays.

What will you do

Representing software team in program core team and interacting with colleagues from diverse functions such as molecular biologist algorithm developers and product manager. Help with translating internal/external customer needs to software product requirements. Help with tracking project timelines and complete all required documentations for RUO or IVD products.
Design test plans and test cases to validate algorithm and software product requirements for various NGSbased oncological assays.
Develop automation tools/scripts to increase testing automation coverage.
Leading a project and driving the project to completion.

How will you get here

Education

Masters degree or higher in Bioinformatics Biomedical Engineering or related Biological fields with 3 years related working experience
Experience

Experiences with testing different NGS applications oncology reproductive health is strongly preferred
Excellent understanding software testing and documentation bestpractices in a regulated environment is strongly preferred
Ability to read Java code in an Unix environment is desired

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Must have good knowledge and experiences of using and understanding common bioinformatics tools and algorithms used in NGS analysis.
Must be detail oriented and be able to quickly learn and rigorously adapt to teams standard process.
Strong scripting skills in Python Perl with consistent record.
Strong expertise in using Linux/Unix environment and experiences using relational database.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary pay range estimated for this position Staff Scientist Bioinformatics based inMaryland is .

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 longterm 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

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