Wednesday 20 July 2011

Principal Scientist - Computational Chemistry Scientific Programmer, Pfizer CT

Responsibilities 
The Computational Sciences Center of Emphasis (CS CoE) has an opening at its Groton, CT site for a Computational Chemistry Scientific Programmer. The successful candidate will work as part of a team responsible for developing tools and applications for use by project teams working to discover new medicines. S/he will work with other members of the CS CoE as well as directly interfacing with end users. Duties of the position will include (but are not limited to) design and implementation of new algorithms/features, interfacing with project teams to help them leverage tools, and development of innovative computational solutions. The incumbent will also frequently interact with other computational chemists and biologists that are technology- or TA-aligned at our sites, with our Partner Lines, and with Research Informatics. 

Qualifications Requirements: 
- PhD with 5 years experience or BS/MS with 10 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Degree should be in chemistry/computational chemistry or related field. 
- Expertise as a scientific programmer particularly in java both developing user interfaces and algorithms. 
- Proven track record of developing computational solutions to difficult problems. Team player able to work as part of a larger development team and/or directly with end users. To be successful, excellent communication skills are a must.
- Strong linux and windows skills. 

Other skills: 
- Experience working with compute clusters in particular LSF. 
- Knowledge/experience related to GPGPU programming. 
- Expertise in c/c++, python, objective c. 
- Experience as a system administrator for both windows and linux systems. 
- Web application development.
 
To apply please go to www.pfizer.com/careers and search for job ID 953392.

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