Senior Scientist, Computational Biologist (hybrid)

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA

Cambridge, MA, USA
Base: $119,100.00 - $187,500.00; bonus/equity: ann...
Hybrid
Cho genomics and biologics/vaccine analytical testing
Next generation sequencing applications
Bioinformatic analysis of biomanufacturing processes
The successful candidate will contribute to delivering analytical solutions that enable and accelerate process and product development to ensure safety and quality of our products

Job Summary

  • The successful candidate will contribute to delivering analytical solutions that enable and accelerate process and product development to ensure safety and quality of our products.
  • Within the Digital Insights team, the development, validation and implementation of Next Generation Sequencing applications is a key activity.
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

Matching Summary

The successful candidate will contribute to delivering analytical solutions that enable and accelerate process and product development to ensure safety and quality of our products.

Salary

Base: $119,100.00 - $187,500.00; Bonus/Equity: Annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, sick days

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • CHO genomics and biologics/vaccine analytical testing
  • Next Generation Sequencing applications
  • bioinformatic analysis of biomanufacturing processes
  • genetic characterization, stability, integration site analysis, transcriptomics
  • computational approaches and pipelines
  • FAIR principles for codebase
  • Unix/Linux OS and Bash scripting

Nice-to-have

  • bulk and single-cell RNA-seq analysis
  • metabolic modeling in CHO cells
  • research in microbiology, virology or cell banking
  • sequencing-based diagnostics in GxP/GMP
  • bench methods familiarity

Key Requirements

  • Ph.D. in biology, bioinformatics or related (completion by May 2026)
  • M.S. with 4+ years experience
  • B.S. with 7+ years experience
  • CHO genome assembly, transcriptomics and comparative genomics experience
  • Strong programming experience (R, Python, Nextflow)
  • High performance computing and cloud environments experience
  • Version control tools such as git experience

Work Rights

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