Computational and/or Experimental Hybrid Scientist – Foster City, CA (SF Bay Area) Full-time

Senior Experimental Scientist / Hybrid Bioinformatics Scientist

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.

Illumina is currently seeking a highly motivated and talented Senior Experimental Scientist / Hybrid Bioinformatics Scientist who possesses both experimental and computational skills, to lead development of high throughput assays consisting of millions of single cells, and perform computational analysis of the data generated from these experiments in combination with other large scale genomics and genetics datasets.

Illumina's leading role in data generation enables us to pursue a unique genetics and genomics-first approach to discovery, with a multidisciplinary team of dedicated experimental and computational scientists working collaboratively. The Senior Experimental Scientist / Hybrid Bioinformatics Scientist will design, plan, and execute experiments in the laboratory in support of basic research and technology development around high-throughput single cell genomics assays. This role also includes computational analysis of the data generated from these experiments.

Education requirements

• Ph.D in molecular biology, computational biology, bioengineering, or similar degree.

Required Experience and Skills

• On the wet lab side: extensive expertise with experimental methods utilizing a diverse range of molecular biology techniques, including single cell assays and CRISPR, and experience with technology development for high throughput sequencing assays.
• On the computational side: expertise in computational analysis in functional genomics and single cell genomics.
• Strong record of technical proficiency, innovation, and scientific rigor as demonstrated by publication in high-quality scientific journals.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Position

• Design, develop and validate high throughput single cell assays consisting of millions of cells for next-generation biological discovery.
• Work closely with academic and clinical collaborators to integrate data and analyses from high throughput sequencing assays to develop new biological hypotheses.
• Present results at scientific meetings and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The role is based at the Illumina Foster City campus, our purpose-built facility centrally located in the San Francisco Bay Area, between San Francisco and Silicon Valley.