Job Information
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. Data Scientist III - R&D Support in Salt Lake City, Utah
Position Summary:
The candidate will be knowledgeable in various aspects of scientific computation, and responsible for performing complex mathematical and/or statistical analysis for projects to support BioFire Diagnostics’ system development groups. The candidate must have strong analytic and programming skills. The candidate will be embedded in the Data Science department, but will have close collaboration with the Software Development teams, in addition multiple other R&D departments at BioFire Diagnostics. Therefore, the candidate must have strong communication skills and desire to work in a highly collaborative environment.
Studies and Experience:
A minimum of a M.S. in a quantitative discipline: Statistics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Computational Biology
3+ years industry experience as a mathematician or statistician
Programming proficiency in one or more of the following: MATLAB, Python, C# or SQL
Skills and Qualifications:
Good communication, writing, and presentation skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Practical experience in any of the following: image analysis, linear algebra, probability, statistics, machine learning, optimization methods, data cleaning and processing.