USDA-ARS Post-Bachelor's Internship in Software Engineering for Computational Biology

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is seeking a Post-Bachelor's Intern in Software Engineering for Computational Biology. The role involves developing computational tools to support research and crop improvement, particularly in the area of genetic data curation and integration.

What you'll do:

• Focus on computational tool development to aid in project curation of published biological data
• Better integrate with other USDA genetic database projects, including GRIN-Global
• Help breeders and researchers to make better use of germplasm data at the ARS germplasm repository
• Utilize software development across the Agency
• Apply methods in software engineering in support of online computational tools such as data curation, preparation, and validation

What they're looking for:

• The qualified candidate should have received a bachelor's degree in the one of the relevant fields (Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable field). Degree must have been received within the past five years
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
• Degree: Bachelor's Degree received within the last 60 month(s)
• Knowledge of basic concepts in genomic sequence analysis and plant genetics
• Unix scripting, knowledge of a scripting language such as Python, Perl, awk, or R, and knowledge of core formats and methods for handling genomic sequence and gene annotation data

Benefits:

• Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. Health insurance can be obtained through ORISE.
• The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of ARS and is contingent on the availability of funds.