Associate Research Scientist

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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The Associate Research Scientist (bioinformatics & data mining) is responsible for driving innovation in scientific technology by developing, evaluating, and validating novel software methodologies, contributing to research project execution, and identifying opportunities for product improvement. The position also involves applying advanced scientific knowledge—particularly in instrumentation, machine learning, and software development—to support cross-functional research initiatives.

This position reports to Technical Director, LCMS Research, and is part of the Software and Applications Research Team located in Concord, Ontario, Canada, and will be an on-site role.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Acquire, process and analyze mass spectrometry data to support customer workflows and novel technology development

• Develop algorithms to enable deeper analysis of mass spectrometry data sets

• Drive the on-time delivery of different research projects to either commercial or pre-commercial groups

• Drive innovation by generating novel ideas to advance scientific technology

• Identify and implement opportunities for product improvement across a wide range of research areas

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Higher level science degree in a related field such as Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or similar (Ph.D. preferred)

• More than 3 years of experience in software programming, algorithm development and applications development

• Broad background and knowledge of software processing languages and data science tools.

• Proven publication record within the field

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

• Demonstrated experience implementing AI / ML algorithms to solve scientific problems

• Experience with Python, R, and Knime

• Innovation and patent generation preferred

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $111,333 - $122,500 CAD. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and retirement benefits.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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