Opportunity: Molecular Simulation Scientist, Zymeworks, Vancouver, Canada

Unspecified • September 18, 2007
Opportunity: Molecular Simulation Scientist, Zymeworks, Vancouver, Canada
Zymeworks Inc. is a Canadian computational biotechnology company that is developing predictive technology for protein engineering.

As a growing company, we are looking for exceptionally bright and motivated individuals who are eager to showcase their talent, experience and leadership in a team environment. To learn more about the company, please visit our web site at http://www.zymeworks.com.

We are currently searching for an individual to be a contributor to the development and maintenance of our core molecular simulation software platform. The successful applicant for this position will start in January of 2008.

Required (Applicants will not be considered without the following skills)

Education: PhD in molecular biophysics, chemistry, or a related field

Thorough understanding of molecular simulation algorithms

Experience developing and using software for molecular dynamics and/or Monte Carlo simulations

Expertise with techniques used for improving conformational sampling and free energy estimation

Experience using molecular simulations for biomolecular modeling

Extensive development experience in the C programming language

Ability to communicate in the English language (spoken and written)

Further skills (The following skills are an asset to qualified applicants)

Postdoctoral experience in molecular simulations (ab initio, classical, or QM/MM approaches)

Know-how of the internals of any one of the common biomolecular simulation packages (AMBER, CHARMM, GROMOS, NAMD etc)

Proficiency with the Linux operating system

Experience with perl, awk, shell and/or similar scripting languages

Experience working on a clustered computing environment

Knowledge of good software development practice (version control, unit testing, profiling)

Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and are highly competitive with industry standards. If you are interested in applying for this position, please email your curriculum vitae and cover letter to jobs'at'zymeworks.com with 1224: Molecular Simulation Scientist in the subject line. Due to the high volume of applicants, we will only contact those that we would like to interview.

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