Downstream Field Application Scientist

ThermoFisher Scientific; Deu; Hybrid; INR 9,788,000 - 14,138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Annual bonus

Career development

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Field Application Scientist in the BioProduction Group to advance downstream bioprocessing workflows. You will act as a domain expert, guiding customers through process development, technology adoption, and optimization from pre- to post-sale while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will engage customers with technical leadership, deliver demonstrations, run proof-of-principle studies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years hands-on bioprocessing experience in Process Development, MSAT, or cGMP manufacturing.
• Experience with downstream bioprocessing workflows and single-use technologies.
• Experience in regulated cGMP environments and manufacturing.
• Ability to interpret URS, P&IDs, batch records, and qualification protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across downstream bioprocessing workflows.
• Lead demonstrations, pilot runs, and technology qualification activities.
• Troubleshoot process issues with cross-functional teams (Quality, Tech Support, Field Service).
• Deliver customer training and contribute to process optimization.
• Support VOC-driven product roadmap through data-driven insights.

Skills

Downstream bioprocessing

Process development

MSAT

cGMP manufacturing

Single-use systems

Chromatography

Filtration

DoE

PAT

SFDC CRM

Excel

JMP

Education

Bioprocessing degree

Tools

SFDC CRM

Excel

JMP

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location: Austria, Germany or Switzerland /remote

Discover Impactful Work

As a Field Application Scientist (FAS) within the BioProduction Group, you will serve as a bioprocessing domain expert, helping biotechnology and biopharmaceutical customers accelerate technology adoption, process design, and optimization across downstream workflows. You will engage customers on a peer-to-peer, application-focused basis, providing technical leadership and process insight before, during, and after the sale. Acting as a trusted advisor and problem solver, you will help customers achieve compliance, improve performance, and accelerate implementation of Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions while influencing future product innovation through Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback.

A Day in the Life:

Partner with biotechnology and biopharmaceutical customers to support downstream bioprocessing workflows, provide technical leadership throughout the customer journey, troubleshoot complex process challenges, conduct demonstrations and proof-of-principle studies, deliver technical training, and collaborate across commercial and technical teams to ensure successful customer outcomes while driving continuous product improvement.

What to expect:

• Serve as a technical expert in downstream bioprocessing, including purification, filtration, and single-use technologies.
• Engage customers to support process development, optimization, and technology integration.
• Lead pre- and post-sales technical activities, including demonstrations, proof-of-principle studies, pilot runs, and technology qualification.
• Troubleshoot quality and performance issues in collaboration with Quality, Technical Support, and Field Service teams.
• Deliver technical training for customers and internal colleagues.
• Conduct workflow consulting and GEMBA walks to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Support Bioprocessing Development Center (BDC) activities and on-site demonstrations.
• Develop customer adoption plans and monitor implementation success through measurable milestones.
• Maintain accurate customer engagement records, opportunity tracking, and technical documentation in Salesforce.com (SFDC CRM).
• Collaborate with Account Managers, Product Management, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Field Service teams.
• Gather and communicate Voice of Customer (VOC) insights to support product roadmap development and best-practice documentation.
• Represent Thermo Fisher Scientific at conferences, workshops, webinars, and industry events through technical presentations and thought leadership.

Keys to Success:

Education

• BS, MS, or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, or a related scientific discipline, or equivalent bioprocessing experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in bioprocessing, including Process Development, MSAT, or cGMP Manufacturing.
• Experience with single-use chromatography systems, filtration technologies, and downstream purification processes (chromatography, UF/DF, centrifugation, etc.).
• Demonstrated success supporting process development, troubleshooting, scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing optimization.
• Experience working within regulated cGMP manufacturing environments.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Deep understanding of downstream bioprocessing workflows, cGMP principles, and global regulatory requirements (FDA, EMA, Annex 1).
• Ability to interpret User Requirement Specifications (URS), P&IDs, batch records, and qualification protocols.
• Familiarity with automation systems, process control HMIs, and manufacturing operations.
• Expertise in process design, optimization, and workflow consulting using data-driven methodologies.
• Knowledge of Process Analytical Technology (PAT), Design of Experiments (DoE), and Quality by Design (QbD) principles (ICH Q8/Q9/Q10).
• Understanding of ASME-BPE standards and extractables/leachables risk assessments for single-use systems.
• Proficiency with data analysis tools such as Excel and JMP; scripting experience is an advantage.
• Experience using Salesforce.com (SFDC CRM) for opportunity and activity management.
• Excellent communication, presentation, problem-solving, and influencing skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary and global teams.

Competencies

• Customer focus
• Technical and scientific expertise
• Process optimization and analytical thinking
• Problem solving and troubleshooting
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Communication and influencing skills
• Strategic consulting mindset
• Results orientation
• Innovation and continuous improvement
• Demonstrates Thermo Fisher Scientific's Four I's: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.