Bioinformatics Scientist-SMRS (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

Purpose:
Philips Research

Philips Research is the source of many advanced developments in Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology. Building on 90 years’ experience in industrial research and our world-leading patent position, we’re dedicated to meaningful innovations.

In the healthcare domain, we are enhancing imaging and monitoring systems, as well as exploring innovative personal healthcare. In lifestyle, we’re helping people see, hear, remember and share content, anywhere and anytime. Our vision focuses on simplicity, making technology an integral – but invisible – part of everyday life. Enabling all this, we investigate fundamental technologies in IC design, solid-state lighting, network and storage technologies, identification and security standards, displays and power management.

Biomedical Informatics

Bioinformatics Scientist-SMRS (Briarcliff Manor, NY)


Job Description

As project lead, contribute to the expansion of the bioinformatics platforms for diagnostic, therapeutic, patient monitoring, and clinical trials applications.
Serve as either project lead or key staff for developing the bioinformatics tools and applications embedded in the biomedical informatics “workbench”.
Serve either as project lead or as key staff for the application development that is underway in the areas of prediction modeling, physiological simulation, molecular diagnosis, molecular imaging, computer-aided diagnosis, outcome management, context-aware platforms and evidence-based medicine.
Support the collaborative relationships with universities, scientific institutions, academic organizations and governmental resources to support the Long Range Technical Objectives within the global research program.

Philips is an equal opportunity employer
Employee referral bonus $3,000

Job ID 37564
REQUIREMENTS
Required Qualifications:
Experience Requirements:
Preferred Profile

PhD or an equivalent degree in the biological, computational bioinformatics. Experience leading and participating in technical research as related to biological systems. Technical recognition in the field of expertise. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Grant writing experience. Desired: 1-3 years post-doctoral and/or bioinformatics research experience.

Skills required:
Research experience in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of bioinformatics applications as applied to generic bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, molecular imaging, pharmacogenomics and clinical decision support. Experience with experimental design, quantitative measurement and statistical analysis of biomolecular data, specifically with the use microarray (DNA; oligonucleotide; SNP) chips and mass spectroscopy technology (X-ray; NMR; Fourier transform). Expertise in the techniques associated with the collection and analysis of genomic, epigenomic, proteomic and post-translational data associated with biological sequence, structure and expression. Ability to manipulate publicly accessible, commercial and proprietary genomic, proteomic and post-genomic databases. Familiarization with the methods associated within the developing field of computational physiology. In-depth knowledge in bioinformatics algorithm design and application including unsupervised and supervised machine learning, (clustering algorithms, evolutionary trees, Hidden Markov Models, support vector machines, optimization algorithms), dynamic programming and graphing algorithms. Programming experience in JAVA; C/C++/C#; Perl; Python; MATLAB and R. Software engineering principles and project management.