Scientist II, Field Applications

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Laboratory Setting

Job Description

When you're part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do challenging work, and join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.

The role

Join us as a Field Application Specialist (FAS) and assist us in our mission to become the world leader in serving science. This dynamic position involves providing scientific training, guidance, application support and troubleshooting. At the centre are our Applied Biosystems RT-PCR instruments and a wide range of reagents.

This is a field-based role, involving extensive travel across Central Europe (especially Switzerland, South Germany, Austria). Occasional support needs to be provided to customers across Europe. When not travelling we are working from home. The position comes with a competitive salary, yearly bonus, company car. We offer many different career pathways in a global organisation, plus extensive resources and training opportunities to help develop an exciting career!

How will you make an impact?

We will support the customer in-person at their lab, and by phone and email, serving as a trusted advisor. In doing so, we will help to increase customer satisfaction and build loyalty and chip into the overall success of the business.

• Deliver on-site and remote scientific application support & training support to our customers on our RT-PCR products
• Perform product demonstrations and training at customer or company sites
• Diagnose & resolve product performance problems and customer queries/complaints
• Work with sales representatives on sales calls to customer laboratories to provide technical and applications assistance in response to customer inquiries
• Assist the regional sales team in the development of accounts by giving technical seminars and presentations that promote the use of our products
• Maintain up-to-date technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of our product portfolio and scientific developments in RT-PCR and related subjects
• Build trust with our customers and excel in customer service

How will you get here?

Education

• Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or similar (master's or PhD preferred)

Experience

• Several years' molecular biology laboratory experience
• Experience in communicating technical materials in written and verbal form

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Customer-facing experience, with the emotional intelligence to understand customer concerns
• Able to connect with and support people optimally with varying levels of technical knowledge and expertise
• Good computer and/or IT skills and have an interest for groundbreaking technology.
• Willingness to travel extensively (up to 75% weekly), including frequent overnights
• Fluent in German and proficient in English
• Driving licence