Data Scientist Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

EDUCATION:
Required: Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, or related field. 

Preferred: Master's or PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, or related field.

EXPERIENCE: 
Required: Three years experience in scientific software development/analysis. With Master's degree, one years experience required. With PhD, no experience required. 

Preferred: Experience in genomic data analysis and scientific software development and relevant research experience pertaining to platform.  Working experience in mining genomic and clinical data.  Applicants with experience in pattern recognition/machine learning, mathematical/statistical modeling, network analysis and experience in data integration, data mining, NGS data analysis (mutations, structural variations, and expression).  Proficiency in at least one programming language such as R, C/C++, Perl, Python, or JAVA.

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