Instrument Engineer: LC/GC/IC-MS Specialist

Fera Science Ltd.; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Flexible hours

On-site gym

Restaurant on-site

Free parking

Pension & life assurance

Volunteer day

LTIP

Job summary

Fera Science Ltd. is seeking a Scientific Instrument Engineer in York to provide expert troubleshooting, maintenance, and qualification support for LC-MS, GC-MS and IC-MS systems, ensuring maximum uptime and data integrity across our laboratories.

You will work with scientists and external service engineers to coordinate repairs, drive improvements, and ensure compliance with quality standards in a regulated environment. Strong experience in Waters, Agilent and Thermo platforms is essential.

Qualifications

• A BSc (or equivalent experience) in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biomedical Science, Engineering, or a related scientific/technical discipline.
• A strong understanding of chromatography and mass spectrometry principles, with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues and implement effective solutions.
• Proven experience troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, IC-MS/MS and similar instrumentation, specifically Waters, Agilent and Thermo platforms.
• The ability to build strong working relationships and communicate effectively with scientists, operational teams, quality professionals, and external suppliers.
• A proactive mindset, with a passion for innovation and identifying opportunities to improve processes, instrumentation performance, and service delivery.
• Experience working within a laboratory or scientific environment, with an understanding of quality standards, compliance requirements, and data integrity principles.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and qualification support for LC-MS, GC-MS and IC-MS instrumentation, ensuring maximum uptime and performance across our laboratories.
• Diagnosing complex technical issues and implementing effective solutions to minimise disruption to scientific activities and customer delivery.
• Working closely with scientists, laboratory teams, quality colleagues, and external service engineers to coordinate repairs, maintenance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting instrument compliance, data integrity, and adherence to quality standards within a regulated scientific environment.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance instrument performance, and introduce innovative technical solutions that deliver operational efficiencies.
• Developing business cases and contributing to proposals for new equipment, technologies, and laboratory improvement projects.
• Providing technical guidance, training and mentoring to colleagues, helping to build capability and promote scientific excellence across the organisation.
• Acting as a subject matter expert for chromatography and mass spectrometry instrumentation, supporting the successful delivery of analytical services to internal and external customers.

Skills

LC-MS

GC-MS

IC-MS

Mass spectrometry

Instrument maintenance

Troubleshooting

Quality & compliance

Education

BSc in Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Engineering

Tools

Waters platforms

Agilent platforms

Thermo platforms

Job description

Fera Science Ltd. is seeking a Scientific Instrument Engineer in York to provide expert troubleshooting, maintenance, and qualification support for LC-MS, GC-MS and IC-MS systems, ensuring maximum uptime and data integrity across our laboratories.

You will work with scientists and external service engineers to coordinate repairs, drive improvements, and ensure compliance with quality standards in a regulated environment. Strong experience in Waters, Agilent and Thermo platforms is essential.