Test & Installation Scientist

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment firm is looking for a Test & Installation Scientist to work with advanced mass spectrometry systems. This hands-on role entails testing, fault-finding, and commissioning scientific instruments, as well as providing training and technical support. Candidates should have a background in a technical discipline, strong diagnostic skills, and the ability to travel internationally. This position offers opportunities to influence technical advancements while working within a diverse and values-driven organization.

Qualifications

• Comfortable with international travel and independent working.
• Proven diagnostic abilities to fault-find complex scientific instruments.
• Ability to produce detailed test reports.
• Clear communicator able to explain complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Test and fault-find complex scientific instruments per procedures.
• Install and commission systems at customer sites worldwide.
• Provide technical support to service teams as needed.
• Deliver customer training both in the factory and on-site.
• Provide technical support to service teams as required.

Skills

Strong diagnostic skills

Problem-solving skills

Clear communicator

Hands-on approach

Travel-ready

Education

Background in physics, chemistry, electronics, or engineering

Job description

We are recruiting a Test & Installation Scientist to work on advanced, high-performance mass spectrometry systems used by leading academic, government, and industrial laboratories worldwide.

This is a hands-on role where you will take newly assembled instruments and turn them into fully commissioned systems ready to support cutting-edge scientific research.

The Role

• Test and fault-find complex scientific instruments in line with documented procedures
• Produce factory and on-site test reports
• Install and commission systems at customer sites worldwide (primarily USA, EU, China)
• Deliver customer training both in the factory and on-site
• Provide technical support to service teams as required

About You

• Background in a technical discipline (e.g. physics, chemistry, electronics, engineering)
• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Practical, hands-on approach with a flexible mindset
• Confident communicator, able to explain complex concepts clearly
• Comfortable with international travel and independent working

You will be part of a global, values-driven organisation operating at the forefront of advanced analytical instrumentation. The wider group employs thousands of colleagues worldwide and is committed to ethics, integrity, diversity, teamwork, sustainability, and solving customers’ most complex challenges through differentiated technology solutions.

Within this environment, the Test & Installation team is exposed to almost every aspect of the business. Many engineers use the breadth of experience gained in this role as a springboard into other technical, commercial, or leadership positions.