Description

Principal Scientist - Bioinformatics

The position will be located at the Sigma-Aldrich's Biotech R&D facility in St. Louis and will provide support bioinformatics support to R&D, marketing, and sales in areas such as business and biology data mining and manipulation, graphical interface development, array analysis, functional genomics, etc.

Candidate should have an MS or PhD degree with knowledge and experiences in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, biotechnology, genomics or other related fields in life science, plus 3+ year's experience in computer programming. An advanced degree in biostatistics or computer science with bioinformatics direction is a plus. Industrial experience in biotechnology is strongly desired.

About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Its chemical and biochemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostic and other high technology manufacturing. The Company has customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use its products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 38 countries and has 7,900 employees providing excellent service worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to Accelerating Customer Success through Innovation and Leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its award-winning Web site at http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

Sigma-Aldrich offers a highly motivational and rewarding working environment with attractive salary, benefits, retirement, relocation and incentive packages including tuition reimbursement. Sigma-Aldrich fosters the growth of employees in a culture of respect and dignity with ample opportunity for career advancement.

Sigma-Aldrich is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Requirements include programming experience in a UNIX/Linux environment, using programming languages such as Perl, PHP, and Java, experience with relational databases such as MySQL or Oracle, and with internet programming (JavaScript, Ajax, HTML, Apache, Tomcat). A broad knowledge of biological databases and bioinformatics tools is essential. Strong organizational and problem solving skills, proven written and verbal communication skills, and excellent team skills are a must.