Computational Chemist

**Designation**:
Computational Structural Biology/Structural Bioinformatics

**Background**:
PMC Group,, an international chemical company headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ, seeks an outstanding Computational Chemist for PMC Advanced Technology division. located at PMC Rubber Chemicals, Rishra, West Bengal, India. In this division we will conceive, manage, innovate, plan, direct and implement new computational chemistry algorithms, with a specific emphasis on software development projects that are central to modeling and designing enzymes. Applications to pharmaceutical synthesis will also be explored.

**Major Duties/Responsibilities**:
**Qualifications and Skills**
- Ph.D. from top Indian scientific institution in Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology, Biophysics, or related discipline
- Experience with molecular dynamic simulations, free energy calculation, force field development, density functional theory, quantum chemistry, and hybrid QM/MM simulation
- Scripting experience in Python required
- Experience in PyMol required
- Expertise in computational protein structural modeling required
- Experience with Chem-Informatics toolkits and packages (e.g. Schrodinger, MOE, KNIME, ChemAxon, CambridgeSoft) preferred
- Experience with QM/MM software packages such as Schrodinger (QSite), Cp2k, or Nwchem preferred
- Experience with protein-ligand docking using Flexx or Glide
- Experience with MD software packages such as AMBER, GROMACS, CHARMM, or NAMD preferred
- Proficiency in homology modeling using programs such as Modeller, SegMod/ENCAD
- Facility working in a Unix/windows environment

**Job Types**: Full-time, Regular / Permanent

**Education**:

- Doctorate (preferred)

**Experience**:

- total work: 5 years (required)