Sales/Applications Scientist (m/f/d)

Bruker; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bruker is seeking an Applications Scientist to drive growth of AFM, Stylus and Optical Profilers and NanoIndentation Systems from our Coventry, UK headquarters with ~50% UK/EMEA travel.

You will provide applications support, run demonstrations, and train customers, working with a European applications team. The role requires AFM/nanoscale metrology experience, strong English, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Higher Degree in a Scientific Discipline, experience in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) a plus.
• BSc or MSc using advanced nanoscale or optical metrology an advantage.
• Current valid driving licence.
• Fluent in English.
• Accurate, literate and articulate, with good communication skills in English.
• Proof of oral presentations at scientific conferences is beneficial.
• Experience with Surface Profilers, Nano-IR and NanoIndentation Systems is beneficial.
• Experienced in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience demonstrating and training with scientific instrumentation in an academic or industrial environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provision of Applications Support for successful growth of the above product lines
• Product demonstrations
• Executing samples measurements to technically advance an opportunity
• Providing advanced technical support for the Bruker sales team in customer visits
• Supporting existing customers via applications support (email, phone, Teams, TeamViewer, visits)
• Presenting latest developments at academic & industrial conferences
• Operating instruments on booths at conferences and workshops
• Running practical workshops at Bruker internal events (workshops, user meetings, etc...)
• Packing, getting instruments ready for shipment and installing systems for demonstration
• Providing advanced training for customers
• Sharing best practice regarding instrument operation within Bruker global applications team
• Managing a demonstration laboratory.
• The successful candidate will work with the Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology Division sales team based in the UK, and be fully integrated within the European Applications team.
• The position reports to the EMEA Sales-Applications Manager with priorities also being set by the EMEA Sales Director.
• The position is based at our Coventry office. Travel in UK and Europe will account for approximately 50% of the time.

Skills

AFM experience

Nanoscale metrology

English fluency

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Instrumentation training

Education

Higher Degree in a Scientific Discipline

BSc/MSc in nanoscale or optical metrology

Driving licence

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in industrial applications. Today, worldwide more than 11,000 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations.Bruker offers differentiated, high-value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics, spatial and single-cell biology, functional structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics.

Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology (BNSM) division is part of Bruker Corporation, a worldwide leading provider of scientific instrumentation. BNSM division requires an applications scientist to drive business growth of our Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Stylus and Optical Profilers and NanoIndentation Systems. The role is based in our UK headquarters in Coventry, UK with approximately 50% of time travelling in UK, sometimes in EMEA.

Please visit www.bruker.com.

Responsibilities

• Provision of Applications Support for successful growth of the above product lines
• Product demonstrations
• Executing samples measurements to technically advance an opportunity
• Providing advanced technical support for the Bruker sales team in customer visits
• Supporting existing customers via applications support (email, phone, Teams, TeamViewer, visits)
• Presenting latest developments at academic & industrial conferences
• Operating instruments on booths at conferences and workshops
• Running practical workshops at Bruker internal events (workshops, user meetings, etc...)
• Packing, getting instruments ready for shipment and installing systems for demonstration
• Providing advanced training for customers
• Sharing best practice regarding instrument operation within Bruker global applications team
• Managing a demonstration laboratory. The successful candidate will work with the Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology Division sales team based in the UK, and be fully integrated within the European Applications team.
• The position reports to the EMEA Sales-Applications Manager with priorities also being set by the EMEA Sales Director.
• The position is based at our Coventry office. Travel in UK and Europe will account for approximately 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• Higher Degree in a Scientific Discipline, experience in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), NanoScale Characterisation is a plus.
• BSc or MSc using advanced Nanoscale or Optical Metrology an advantage
• Current valid driving licence
• Fluent in English
• Accurate, literate and articulate, with good communication skills in English, written and spoken
• Proof of oral presentations at scientific conferences is beneficial.
• Experience with Surface Profilers, Nano-IR and NanoIndentation Systems is beneficial.
• Experienced in use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, AI
• Experience demonstrating and training with scientific instrumentation in an academic or industrial environment is beneficial
• This JDE cannot be exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key objectives.

Personal

• A friendly, accommodating and helpful disposition - a reasonable attitude with an enthusiasm for helping others
• Capable of working to a high standard as part of a team committed to quality of service, yet able to accept responsibility for an individual contribution
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to take on colleagues’ tasks without prompting when the need arises, and to provide cover during periods on absence
• Adaptable and open to change
• Reliable with a very high standard of personal presentation and a sense of purpose in seeing things through
• Highly organised and capable of dealing with several tasks at the same time.
• Can-do attitude