Staff Scientist

Danaher Corporation•Boulder, CO

5d•$120,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Scientist is responsible for new NGS assay product development and on market product support. General duties include designing and conducting experiments, analyzing and interpreting results, followed by communicating those results to both internal and external groups. This position reports to the Associate Director R&D and is part of the Assay Development team located in Boulder, CO and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop new products using a combination of wet-lab and dry-lab skillsets, support on market Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) products as a subject matter expert, and present experimental demonstrations of products at scientific conferences.

Requirements

M.Sc. in a life sciences field or related discipline and 8+ years experience with NGS product development, or Ph.D. with 5+ years NGS product development experience
Experience in wet-lab work preparing nucleic acids for NGS
Experience in dry-lab programming for NGS data analysis
Foundational knowledge of human genetics, cancer biology, and statistics
Industry experience developing and supporting NGS products with software components
Experience developing bioinformatics workflows for NGS assays for non-technical users

Nice To Haves

Python programming
machine learning methods
NextFlow
developing gene expression phenotype classifiers for RNA-seq
NGS methods for methylation detection

Responsibilities

New NGS assay product development
On market product support
Designing and conducting experiments
Analyzing and interpreting results
Communicating results to internal and external groups
Develop new products using a combination of wet-lab and dry-lab skillsets
Support on market Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) products as a subject matter expert
Present experimental demonstrations of products at scientific conferences