Senior Bioinformatics Scientist - NGS & Immune Targets

Boehringer Ingelheim; Ridgefield (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim in Ridgefield, CT, seeks a bioinformatics scientist to design and implement NGS data analysis workflows, integrate multi-omics data, and drive discovery of immune-disease targets. The role requires deep bioinformatics expertise and experience with R, Python, and Nextflow in a pharma research setting.

You will analyze bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, and ATAC-Seq data, visualize results, and communicate findings to multidisciplinary teams while applying rigorous QC and

Qualifications

• Strong scientific understanding and experience in bioinformatics.
• Experience in pharmaceutical research and immunological diseases is a plus.
• Design, implement and/or deploy NGS workflows for data processing and discovery.
• Omics data analysis and interpretation of genomic data sets (bulk RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, ATAC-Seq).
• Fluency in data visualization (e.g., R Shiny, D3).
• Multi-omics data integration to identify drug targets and biomarkers.
• Benchmark methods, QC, and apply innovative analysis when standard methods fail.
• Interpret results and communicate findings clearly to teams.
• Experience with multiple areas: NGS, functional genomics, big data stats, or multi-omics.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and present analysis results to coworkers and collaborators.
• Automate processing and results reporting and delivery.
• Follow scientific literature to apply optimal methods.
• Demonstrate ability to propose follow-up experiments and new avenues.
• Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary environment and troubleshoot as a team.

Skills

NGS data analysis

Bioinformatics

Multi-omics integration

Data mining

Data visualization

OChem/omics interpretation

Education

Master's degree in a related scientific field

Bachelor's degree + 7+ years STEM experience

Tools

R

Python

Shiny

Nextflow

UNIX/Linux

Job description

Boehringer Ingelheim in Ridgefield, CT, seeks a bioinformatics scientist to design and implement NGS data analysis workflows, integrate multi-omics data, and drive discovery of immune-disease targets. The role requires deep bioinformatics expertise and experience with R, Python, and Nextflow in a pharma research setting.

You will analyze bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, and ATAC-Seq data, visualize results, and communicate findings to multidisciplinary teams while applying rigorous QC and