Research Geneticist

Alta Genetics USA Inc. is looking for a Research Geneticist to develop and apply genetic and genomic tools, analyze data, and enhance prediction models to support livestock breeding programs and research initiatives. Position is based in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Required: PhD in Animal Science, Quantitative Genetics or a related field and 5 years of experience as a Research Scientist in Quantitative Genetics. In addition, the following specific skills are required: 

• 5 years of experience with the genomic evaluation process, including ingestion and editing of phenotypic[BW1]  data from the field, integration of field data with pedigree and genomic information, imputation of genotypes to a common set of variants used for prediction, estimation of (co)variance components, and prediction of breeding values;
• 5 years of experience with livestock production;
• 5 years of experience with constructing software pipelines to automate routine tasks, including data ingestion, storage, editing, and analysis;
• 5 years of experience with basic bioinformatics procedure, such as alignment of whole-genome DNA sequence data against reference genomes, simple variant calling, and downstream analysis of variant effects on gene structure/function;
• 5 years of experience with using computers for research, including statistical software (e.g., ASReml, BLUPF90, R, or Python) and Microsoft Office; and,
• Must be willing and able to travel 10% domestic or international.