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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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nWorking at Abbott \nAt 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:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. \nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. \nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. \nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. \nA company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. \nA 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. \nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our La Jolla location in the Cancer Diagnostics division.\nAs the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, you’ll have the chance to work in collaboration with others on one or more projects which are complex in scope. The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist participates in or leads planning of projects and analyses and is often the bioinformatics lead responsible for the successful execution of the project. This position involves independently making detailed observations, analyzing data, interpreting results, and providing insights into the next steps and direction of the project, as well as independently determining methods and procedures on new assignments or projects. Working in a team setting, the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist will be involved in Research and Development projects serving as a technical lead and/or a subject matter expert in exploring and researching new technologies, providing ideas and concepts to improve or develop processes, and/or establish methods and processes for product development towards development of diagnostic assay products. The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist will mentor and provide technical guidance to junior scientists in project teams.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nAlgorithm development to improve sensitivity of germline variant calling.\nBuilding bioinformatics pipeline prototypes to support germline sequencing.\nDevelopment of Machine learning models to support variant classification and clinical significance predictions.\nMinimum Qualifications\nPh.D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, mathematics, or related field; or Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, mathematics, or related field plus 4 years of experience in lieu of a Ph.D.; or Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, mathematics, or related field plus 6 years of experience in lieu of Ph.D.\n5+ years of industry or academia experience in bioinformatics.\n3+ years of experience in medical device/IVD, biotech, life science or pharmaceutical industry.\nExtensive experience in Linux-based HPC or cloud computing environments and associated tools.\nAbility to write custom code in at least three programming or scripting languages.\nTechnical expert in the area of molecular biology and/or biochemistry and/or next-generation sequencing (NGS) and genomics.\nKnowledge of product/assay research, design, or development.\nWorking knowledge of statistical and mathematical methods in biology/genetics, including experience with statistical software, such as JMP or R.\nBasic computer skills to include Internet navigation, Email usage, and word processing.\nProficient in Microsoft Office to include Excel and Word and PowerPoint.\nDemonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.\nApplicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full time or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.\nPreferred Qualifications\n8+ years of experience in medical device/IVD, biotech, life science or pharmaceutical industry.\nPrevious industry experience in product development or technical support.\nBackground containing a substantial amount of bioinformatics work including troubleshooting.\nPrevious experience working in a molecular diagnostics/clinical laboratory setting.\nVariant calling (SNV/CNV/SV) experience in algorithm development/building pipelines.\nExperience with NextFlow to create NGS pipelines.\nExperience with AWS or other similar cloud platforms.\nExperience with whole exome/targeted panel.\nExperience with comprehensive genomic profiling panel design and data analysis.\nMachine learning and AI.\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. 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