Scientist, Cheminformatics

Dart NeuroScience LLC (DNS) is a privately held Delaware Limited Liability 
Company with its principal place of business in San Diego CA.  DNS will 
discover new technologies and develop new therapies to help maintain 
cognitive vitality throughout life.  DNSs Scientific Computing department 
focuses on (i) development of novel bioinformatic tools to facilitate gene 
discovery, (ii) development of novel software tools to facilitate drug 
discovery, (iii) computational chemistry project support, structure-based 
drug design, combinatorial chemistry and statistical modeling, 
(iii) information systems and automation and (iv) general IT infrastructure 
to support scientific research and company administration. We are seeking 
a new employee to work in information systems and automation.

The successful candidate will have a solid foundation in 
synthetic/medicinal chemistry, and an interest in applying that 
knowledge to the construction and support of informatics systems that 
assist chemists in their work. S/he will provide direct support to 
chemists in using commercial or in-house tools for chemistry data 
deposition, retrieval, and knowledge extraction. S/he will also 
participate in the design and implementation of new and upgraded 
informatics systems, and be responsible for testing these systems and 
training scientists to use them. S/he will configure commercial 
systems to integrate into DNS workflow, and may extend these systems 
via macros or scripts.
 
Requirements:

- M.S. or B.S. with 3 years experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical 
industry

- Solid understanding of synthetic/medicinal chemistry

- Experience with SQL and/or data pipelining tools (Pipeline Pilot or 
KNIME) is a plus, but not required

- Experience with ELNs, LIMS and/or content management systems is a plus

- Ability to learn new technologies and techniques quickly without 
formal training

- Good oral and written communication skills and the ability to 
communicate with and explain new concepts to bench scientists, 
other informatics scientists, and software developers

- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are essential
DNS offers competitive salaries and a great benefits package including 
incentive bonuses, healthcare, vision, dental, long-term disability, 
life insurance and a 401(k) retirement savings plan.

Interested individuals should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, 
a brief summary of research experience and accomplishments, 
research interests and goals and list of publications via our 
online application: http://jobsco.re/tXDrT5.

PDF files are strongly encouraged.
 
For more information please visit our web site at www.dartneuroscience.com.