Bioinformatics Scientist

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Bioinformatics Scientist

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that is designing, developing and manufacturing advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical research resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers with the insights to better understand biology and health. We are now entering the century of biology, and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the PacBio team.
 

PacBio's Computational Biology group helps to catalyze scientific discovery and increase the clinical impact of our sequencing assays, allowing scientists to characterize genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes from any organism at unprecedented accuracy. We're looking for a Bioinformatics Scientist to bridge the gap between our research team and our customers. Ideal candidates would support customer analysis, improve existing workflows, and inform development of new tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Test and integrate PacBio tools and open-source academic tools to analyze data for internal and customer projects
• Work with collaborators to understand their needs and priorities, and assist with experimental design and analysis
• Document bioinformatics workflows and pipelines for use by a wide audience
• Conduct internal training on PacBio data characteristics, target applications, and relevant computational tools
• Communicate findings and new capabilities to the scientific community
• Maintain expertise on emergent scientific and clinical sequencing applications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or related field of study 
• Proficiency with a scripting language such as Python or R
• Intermediate level of experience in Unix operating systems
• Experience with sequencing analysis and pipelines
• Prior experience with long-read sequencing analysis and applications preferred
• Strong troubleshooting abilities
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of explaining difficult concepts to a diverse audience

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

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