Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
Laboratory Setting Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery) Office Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses gowning gloves lab coat ear plugs etc.) Various outside weather conditionsJob Description
How Will You Make an Impact
This opening is for a highly qualified and self-motivated individual to support our latest generation LC-MS instrumentation as a Field Application Scientist with a strong focus on latest generation Orbitrap technology. As a member of the Thermo Fisher Scientific North Americas application support team the candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary matrix team that includes regional sales representatives marketing and service professionals product development scientists and engineers. Primary responsibilities will be to support the commercial field sales team by providing support for the newest Orbitrap technology focusing mainly on the small molecule mass spectrometry market with an emphasis on metabolomics and lipidomics applications. The support will mainly be at customer sites (within North America) and focus on rapidly jump-starting customers for future success.
What will you do
Provide pre- and post-sales technical and application assistance in response to customer enquiries (both internal and external) including education training on-site visits and remote/virtual support.
Build new customer advocates from newly completed sales.
Prepare and present technical seminars to existing and potential customers either as part of the sales process or at organized events.
Deepen and broaden Thermo Fisher Scientifics customer relationships with key scientific and educational leaders.
Assist in developing insightful content; examples include company hosted websites videos seminars applications reports eLearning material etc.
How Will You Get Here
The ideal candidate will have 5 years of related experience with a masters degree as a requirement or 2 years of relevant experience with a PhD as a preference.
3 years of hands-on LCMS experience.
Experience with qualitative and quantitative metabolomics/lipidomics LCMS workflows (e.g. untargeted simultaneous quantitation and discovery metabolite ID) and associated sample preparation techniques.
This position requires extensive contact with customers and therefore outstanding verbal and written communication skills are required.
A consistent record to work independently and a strong work ethic is critical.
Ability to travel up to 75%.
This position is not approved for relocation assistance.
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Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $90900.00$136350.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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