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At pnnl, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework optionsPnnl is located in eastern washington state—the dry side of washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of livingThe lab’s campus is only a 45-minute flight (or 3 hour drive) from seattle or portland, and is serviced by the convenient psc airport, connected to 8 major hubs.
Overview
The computational biology group at the pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl) is seeking a data scientist with strong expertise in computational chemistry, structural biology, high throughput screening, protein/metabolite function prediction, artificial intelligence (ai)/machine learning (ml), and software development to join our team.
Responsibilities
The data scientist will contribute to diverse fundamental science research programs studying doe relevant systems for biofuels/bioproducts and human health problems such as cancer and infectious diseases as well as microbial communities and environmental microbiologyThe candidate will be responsible for computational and data science tool development for fully autonomous design, work directly in interdisciplinary teams including chemists, bioinformaticians, computer scientists, data scientists and software developersThe position involves working with high-performance computing platforms, statistical analysis, and data integration methods that will be used to develop ai tools for high throughput molecule/protein designThe successful candidate must be able to collaborate, identify scientific problems and opportunities, and leverage concepts and tools including recent advances in deep learning, to develop data driven computational solutionsThe incumbent will define and carry out the application of existing methodologies, as well as perform original research in the field of computational chemistry, biophysics and cheminformatics as neededIn addition to technical research, this position expects participation in publishing, project leadership, and business development.
The candidate will help in developing new capabilities for the study of protein and compound chemistry in conjunction with the computational infrastructure for cell/pathway/gene-level mechanistic studies by using advanced data science tools for rapid prioritization of chemical structures with pre-defined functional propertiesThe ideal candidate should have a strong applied mathematics, ai/ml, and programming skills with domain knowledge in computational chemistry, structural proteomics, metabolomics, and/or structural biologyThe candidate should also have an interest in applying new approaches and knowledge to science problems associated with human health, bioenergy, biofuels design, and carbon cyclingThe candidate should have effective communication skills with a demonstrated capability to perform multi-disciplinary, collaborative research.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
Bs/ba with 2 years of experience
Ms/ma with 0-2 years of experience
Phd with 0 years of experience
Preferred qualifications:
Ph.dIn computational chemistry/biology, computer science, structural biology, medicinal chemistry, bioinformatics or a closely related field with some post-doctoral experience in the areas outlined above.
Solid foundation in computational chemistry/biology, physics-based modeling (quantum/molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics) and computer science with ai/ml expertise for data integration to predict patterns/features that are useful for new experiment design.
Strong expertise in applying machine learning packages (unsupervised/supervised/reinforcement learning, active learning, neural networks, nlp and svm).
Strong organizational skills with the ability collaborate with internal/external researchers.
Significant experience with professional software development practices such as code standards, code reviews, source control best practices, etc.
Develop software stack for automating a computational pipelineExperience with unix/linux, hpc environments, and experience with a scripting and programming language (e.gPython, r, c/c++ etc).
Expertise in the design, execution of algorithmic solutions for curation, analysis, mining, and modeling of chemical and biological data.
Experience with deep learning framework such as tensorflow, keras, or pytorch, including parallelism, boltzmann machines, auto encoders and transfer learning.
Strong record of research accomplishment and publications/presentations
Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for working individually and in an interdisciplinary team environment.
Hazardous working conditions/environment
Not applicable
Additional information
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Testing designated position
This is not a testing designated position.
Commitment to excellence, diversity, equity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity
Our laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment dedicated to solving critical challenges in fundamental sciences, national security, and energy resiliencyWe are proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employerIn support of this commitment, we encourage people of all racial/ethnic identities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment.
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We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and in employmentIf you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at hr@pnnl.gov .
Drug free workplace
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Mandatory requirements
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