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Abbott Senior Scientist – Bioinformatics in San Diego, California
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
The position of Senior Scientist Bioinformatics is within our Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics division located in San Diego, California.
As a Senior Scientist Bioinformatician, you'll be responsible for effectively building tools to optimize and accelerate molecular diagnostic assay design efforts as well as automate pipelines for data analysis to drive continuous improvement efforts ultimately enabling the commercialization of robust diagnostic tests.
What You’ll Work On
The individual is responsible for the development and/or implementation of bioinformatics tools to accelerate nucleic acid amplification assay design efforts.
Develop and maintain automated pipelines to enable rapid and robust data analysis and to drive the continuous improvement and optimization of nucleic acid amplification tests.
Apply advanced data analytics and machine learning concepts to provide a greater understanding and interpretation of data sets.
Create tools for the compilation of large data sets in multiple formats from multiple sources for analysis.
Design experiments to further the understanding and characterization of nucleic acid amplification assays.
Drive the continuous improvement of data analysis tools and methods used for assay design.
Provide written reports, technical documentation and/or oral presentations to internal and external users.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with other scientists, chemists, engineers and manufacturing personnel.
Required Qualifications
HM.S. or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science or related field.
Minimum five years of full-time experience in an industrial setting.
Extensive experience in the design and optimization of nucleic acid amplification assays.
Hands-on experience in building bioinformatics tools for the selection of primers and probes for nucleic acid amplification assays.
Use of standard bioinformatics tools and databases (BLAST, GenBank)
Experience analyzing nucleic acid secondary structures.
Proficient and hands-on in Python in a Linux environment, including experience in building automated pipelines for data analysis and maintaining bioinformatics pipelines.
Extensive expertise in statistics, data mining, machine learning, and/or data modeling techniques.
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret, and present data are essential.
Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team to achieve desired results from general objectives.
Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of various programming languages (R, Python, Perl, etc.) is a plus.
Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $83,600.00 – $167,200.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com
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