Staff Bioinformatics Scientist - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Illumina

Illumina

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world.

Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference.

Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Staff Bioinformatics Scientist

Cambridge

Hub and Hybrid

Are you an expert in Cancer Genetic Analysis?

Do you want to make a real positive impact on the world through Bioinformatics?

Illumina is looking for a Staff Bioinformatics Scientist to join our team in Cambridge to deliver various aspects of complex bioinformatic analysis of our clinical sample processing pipelines, coordinate our participation in external quality assurance programs, inter-laboratory comparisons and develop standards for clinical NGS pipeline benchmarking.

This role is full time, hub and hybrid, requiring up to 2 days per week within the office in Cambridge.

Why Us

Illumina's employee benefits are industry-leading and include flexible time off, private medical insurance, compassion and care time off, leisure travel insurance, pension, employee stock purchasing program, volunteer time off, and much more

Our Bioinformatics team is passionate in our mission, highly collaborative troubleshooting team players, resilient, whilst having a very hands on and flexible approach.

Why You

As Staff Bioinformatics Scientist you will design, model, and develop data management systems that integrate laboratory, operation and research data.

You will be significantly contributing and leading the bioinformatics scientific input across multiple projects, driving to completion verification and validation activities in line with our Quality Management System whilst working closely with other teams, including Software, Operations, Development and external KOLs.

Scope of Responsibilities:

Define and develop analytical validation approaches for use within an ISO 15189 medical testing laboratory.
Coordinate participation of External Quality Assurance Schemes and interlaboratory comparison activities.
Lead and execute projects and crosssite collaborations in technical/product development and support other scientists within the organisation in validation activities.
Work with large data sets from current and new platforms to solve complex problems of analytical, computational, or integrationrelated topics.
Act as Subject Mater Expert under external assessment conditions.
Mentor peers and supporting scientists, engineers on technical skills in area of expertise.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Preferred Educational Background:

PhD or equivalent in or related field.

Preferred Experiential Background:

Expert in cancer genetic analysis of clinical exome/whole genome data, variant analysis, association analysis, pedigreebased analysis, and quality control
Expert knowledge of and proficiency with standard bioinformatics and analysis tools and packages such as FastQC, IGV, GATK and DRAGEN
Experience with version control such as GitHub
Possesses strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex scientific ideas to clinical, scientific, and industry audiences
Hold a strong record of successful delivery of complex scientific projects and publications
Experience of working within an ISO 15189 laboratory environment.
Superior communication skills.

What can you expect

Our team members are bright, energetic and dedicated - they are the driving force behind our innovation and impact. To attract the best and brightest, we offer a competitive employee benefits program.

We view it as a smart investment in our people, one that recognizes the tremendous value they bring to our business every day.

At Illumina, we push boundaries. We think beyond the conventional. We dream big. With the energy of so many bright and accomplished people, the opportunities are endless.

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Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.