Scientist

Aditi Consulting; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Bereavement leave

Commuter benefits

Disability insurance

Job summary

Aditi Consulting is seeking a Scientist to develop robust, user-centered automation workflows for cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) data processing and decision support. The role combines structural biology insight with deep computational skills to reduce manual documentation, improve traceability, and create reusable analysis tools.

The successful candidate will work with biologists and computational scientists to build and validate scalable pipelines, document methods, and present

Qualifications

• Deep training in cryoEM data processing.
• Experience with Linux CLI and scripting.
• Experience with EPU and CryoSPARC software packages.
• Strong documentation and reproducible development practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Publications or presentations in the field.

Responsibilities

• Meet with structural biologists to translate needs into software requirements.
• Develop, test, document, and maintain software tools.
• Apply reproducible development practices (GitLab, testing, documentation).
• Validate tools on representative datasets and refine workflows.
• Document data provenance, input requirements, limitations and outputs.
• Present progress and technical recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

CryoEM data processing

Scripting / automation

Linux command line

Scientific publications

Communication and collaboration

Tools

EPU

CryoSPARC

Relion

Pymol

ChimeraX

Job description

Payrate: $35.00 - $38.00/hr.

Summary

We are seeking a Scientist to develop robust, user-centered automation workflows for cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) data processing, reporting, and scientific decision support. This scientist will combine practical understanding of structural biology and cryoEM workflows with strong computational skills to leverage AI to reduce manual documentation, improve data traceability, and create standardized, reusable analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Meet with structural biologists to understand current workflows, identify pain points, and translate scientific needs into clear software requirements.
• Develop, test, document, and maintain software tools to support structural biology experiments.
• Implement reproducible software practices, including GitLab version control, code review, testing, dependency management, release documentation, and user instructions.
• Validate tools against representative datasets; troubleshoot failures; and refine workflows based on scientist feedback.
• Maintain clear documentation of assumptions, input requirements, limitations, data provenance, and expected outputs.
• Present progress, tool demonstrations, technical recommendations, and concise literature or technology evaluations to scientific stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Deep training in cryoEM data processing (single particle analysis, tomography or microED)
• Familiarity with EPU and CryoSPARC software packages
• Familiarity with working at the Linux command line to control data processing programs without GUIs
• Experience developing scripts, data‑processing pipelines, reports, or scientific visualizations
• Strong documentation and reproducible‑development practices
• Solid record of scientific publications, presentations or technology innovation
• Highly organized, with great attention to detail, strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with experimental and computational scientists

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in at least one programming language is preferred but not strictly required
• Experience with version control (Git)
• Ability to translate scientific user needs into practical software requirements
• Experience with x‑ray crystallography data processing
• Experience with Relion, Pymol, ChimeraX, XDS, Refmac, Coot, or similar software packages

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets

• Deep expertise in cryoEM data processing (single particle analysis, tomography or Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED)) for structural biology applications
• Experience developing custom data analysis pipelines utilizing scripting and multiple programs for cryoEM data analysis
• Familiarity with working in high-performance computing clusters and at the Linux command line

Pay Transparency

The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is:$35.00 - $38.00/hr.Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.