Position: Data Scientist

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Total Hours/week: 40.00

Client: Medical Device Company

Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens Or GC Holders Only)

No H1B’s

Description

We are seeking a data scientist with experience in medical devices, genomics, molecular biology, or microbiology to join our team working on innovation projects at BD Technologies and Innovation.

In this role, you will work on projects involving data analysis, interpretation, and integration for applications in research and development, product development, and clinical validation.

Responsibilities

• Collect, manage, analyze, and interpret complex scientific data from multiple sources to support technology development and clinical validation.
• Develop, validate, and optimize data-driven models and pipelines for analyzing genomics, microbiology, and molecular biology data.
• Develop and implement algorithms for data normalization, clustering, classification, and feature selection. - Contribute to the design, execution, and interpretation of experimental data generated from in-house R&D and customer studies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant field such as data science, bioinformatics, computer science, or statistics
• Knowledge of medical devices, genomics, molecular biology, or microbiology
• Experience with programming languages such as Python or R
• Familiarity with statistics
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in version control tools and reproducible research practices
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present findings to non-technical stakeholders
• Passion for data-driven decision-making and eagerness to learn and grow
• Demonstrate flexibility to quickly learn and adopt new technologies.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience
• Experience working in the cloud
• Familiarity querying databases
• Basic knowledge of batch scripts
• Familiarity with machine learning.