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Opportunity: BIOINFORMATICS Scientist @ Fluidigm Corporation -- South San Francisco, CA (US)
Submitted by Human Resources; posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BACKGROUND
Fluidigm Corporation, based in South San Francisco, CA, is a cutting-edge biotechnology company that develops and manufactures complete systems based on its patented microfluidic valve technology. The newly launched Single-Cell AutoPrep System enables our customers to rapidly and reliably isolate, process and profile individual cells for genomic analysis.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Fluidigm Corporation seeks an outstanding individual to join a vibrant interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers to develop single cell analysis, sequencing, genotyping, and gene expression products.
Essential duties include, but are not limited to,
- Develop new algorithms, analysis, and assay design pipelines for targeted re-sequencing, methylation, whole genome amplification, and whole transcriptome amplification.
- Interact with collaborators and internal scientists to establish scientific relevance for novel analysis and assay design.
REQUIREMENTS
Education/Experience/Skills:
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics or a related field, including biological sciences, statistics, computer science, or mathematics
- 5+ years working experience in Bioinformatics
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Extensive experience with NGS technologies and sequence analysis tools
- Understanding and hand-on experience in biostatistics and bioinformatic algorithms
- Hand-on experience in PCR assay design
- Good understanding biochemistry, genetics and epi-genetics
- Proficiency in Unix/Linux, Perl, Python, R and/or MySQL
- Highly self-motivated and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills, thorough and detail-orientated
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