Principal Research Technician Full-time

Principal Research Technician

Join a purposeful and collaborative senior research team supporting Professor Yengo's Snow Fellowship Research Program, where you will apply specialist statistical genetics and bioinformatics expertise to research using large-scale genomic and biobank datasets from genetically diverse populations. As Principal Research Technician, you will develop scalable analysis pipelines, curate complex datasets and provide technical leadership that enables rigorous, high-impact research and helps translate genomic data into meaningful scientific discovery.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop, test and apply scalable and generalisable statistical genetics and bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale genomic and biobank datasets.
• Provide specialist scientific and technical expertise, conduct complex analyses and contribute to the design, implementation and refinement of research methodologies and protocols.
• Curate research datasets and manage their responsible use, including compliance with Data Access Agreements, Data Transfer Agreements, ethics approvals and research integrity requirements.
• Provide technical leadership by supervising, training and developing junior research engineers, scientists and technicians, while contributing to research outputs, publications and collaborative initiatives.

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, working together to create a better world. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available.

Enjoy up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave, 17% super, 17.5% leave loading, flexible and hybrid working options, health and wellbeing programs, a heavily discounted Study for Staff program, on‑campus childcare, affordable parking, and salary packaging.