Bioinformatics Intern

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

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The Bioinformatics Surveillance Officer Intern is responsible for establishing a data surveillance pipeline designed to automatically retrieve information from publicly available gene sequence repositories, and evaluates Cepheid test performance against these sequences in silico. This role will provide the opportunity to learn in partnership with Cepheid’s established bioinformatic team and could lead to growth within the Scientific Affairs group.

This position is part of the Medical and Scientific Affairs Department and will be located in Sunnyvale, California, although remote positioning is possible depending on the applicant’s experience. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop an automated process to collect gene sequence entries from publicly-available gene sequence repositories such as GenBank and GISAID.

• Develop an automated process to evaluate collected gene sequences for allelic variations which may impact performance of relevant Cepheid diagnostic tests.

• Develop a process to generate report outs of the Cepheid test performance in Word and/or Excel format “at the push of a button”.

• Develop a dashboard to provide summary-level overview of Cepheid test performance.

• Aid in the development of outward facing materials designed to communicate the results of Cepheid’s test performance evaluations to customers and/or other external stakeholders.

The essential requirements of the job include: 

• An undergraduate degree with significant training within the domain of bioinformatics, biostatistics, and/or genetics. 

• Demonstrated 2 years of work experience in a computer script writing function within the domain of genetics, bioinformatics, or biostatistics. Additional training may be considered in lieu of work experience.

• Demonstrable proficiency in a biostatistically-relevant computer language and tools such as R, Python, R-studio, BLAST alignment, etc.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Infectious disease diagnostics, epidemiology, and/or molecular biology.

• Statistical report generation.

• Web-based application/dashboard design.

The hourly range for this role is $28.00-30.00. This is the rate that we in good faith believe is the rate of compensation for this role at the time of this posting.

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