Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or improving productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Make an impact!

As a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Transplant Diagnostic (TDX) aspires to improve outcomes for patients throughout the transplant journey by providing our customers with innovative diagnostic solutions.  TDX develops and distributes a comprehensive line of typing and antibody detection products, laboratory instrumentation, computer software, and clinical laboratory services that are used to help match patients and donors before transplant, monitor patients post-transplant, and advance research in the transplantation space.

Staff Engineer, Bioinformatics Software Test

In the R&D Bioinformatics team, we deliver software tools, data analytics and reporting to increase lab productivity, equip scientists to develop innovative products and enable customers to perform quality, up-to-date diagnostic testing.

As our Bioinformatics Staff Test Engineer, you will be taking on a dynamic role that will require flexibility, inventiveness and initiative.  You will partner with Bioinformatics Scientists, software engineers, business and domain experts to assure quality in the software tools and scientific data that support molecular typing and antibody detection products.

What will you do?

Take on ownership of quality processes in Bioinformatics teamChampion quality that is practical, effective and efficientEstablish and develop automated testingParticipate in all phases of product development lifecycle as a test engineerLead and coordinate test activities across the development team and internal customersAuthor, implement and maintain all V&V deliverables in compliance with SDLC and GxP requirementsTranslate scientific and business requirements to develop test plans, test cases and user documentation for scientific software and dataIdentify risks to product and processes and help with their mitigationHelp prepare functional and technical specifications Help coordinate projects including meeting schedule and document managementRegularly communicate accomplishments and progress to team members and management

Qualifications

Education / Experience

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Life Sciences/Molecular Biology or related field with 3+ years programming work experience in a bio-informatics or science field OR Bachelors degree in  Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Life Sciences/Molecular Biology or related field with 5+ years programming work experience in a bio-informatics or science field is requiredQA Automation Development: Must have 2+ years experience in test automation or using Java, Python, scripting (preferably Python and SQL) and ability to learn C#Ability to develop automated test cases/scripts from manual tests.Ability to run automated testing and debug issues found within automation codeAbility to create automated testing frameworkExperience working in regulated environment, following SDLC and GxP requirementsProficiency working in Windows environments, MS Office and SQL databases.  Knowledge of Linux environment preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Ability to drive multiple initiatives and meet timelines in a fast-paced environmentStrong digital literacy, and ability to learn new software/applicationsAbility to understand the technical and business aspects of the applications/data supported and translate into robust, scalable testing and user documentationStrong verbal and written communications skillsExcellent analytical abilities, creative problem-solving skillsPragmatic self-starter who is proactive, self-motivated, team-oriented, and customer-focused with a strong work ethicBe curious, detail oriented, and analytical, with a proven ability to learn quicklyAbility to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of Agile and other software development methodologies.Understanding wet lab techniques and principles in the field of Molecular Biology, Genomics, and/or BiochemistryKnowledge of immunology, HLA

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $103,100.00–$154,700.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards