Application Specialist (Microscopy)

LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Leica Microsystems, part of Danaher, SEA Commercial Team in Singapore, seeks an Applications Specialist – Microscopy to translate customer needs into practical microscopy solutions. You will design, demonstrate, implement, and optimize workflows across pre-sales and post-sales stages, collaborating with sales, service, and product teams.

With a tertiary life sciences/engineering background and 5+ years in similar roles, you will guide demonstrations, training, and technical evaluations while

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Life Sciences, Biomedical Science, Biomedical Engineering, Microscopy, Imaging, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in an application specialist or similar customer-facing microscopy role.
• Strong understanding of microscopy workflows, imaging techniques, sample preparation, image acquisition, and analysis.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into technical solutions and conduct product demonstrations/workshops.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess customer scientific, technical, and workflow requirements across pre-sales and post-sales processes.
• Partner with customers and internal teams to evaluate requirements, feasibility, and workflows.
• Recommend microscopy products, configurations, and integrated solutions.
• Prepare specifications translating requirements into practical technical approaches.
• Plan and deliver product demonstrations, proof-of-concept activities, and training sessions.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to customers and partners.
• Capture feedback and market insights to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Microscopy workflows

Communication skills

Customer-facing experience

Technical demonstrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences/Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one ofDanaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Application Specialist – Microscopy is responsible for providing deep application expertise across the customer journey, from understanding scientific and technical requirements to designing, demonstrating, implementing, and optimizing microscopy workflows and solutions. This role partners closely with customers, sales teams, channel partners, service, marketing, product management, and technical teams to translate customer needs into practical, feasible, and high-impact microscopy applications aligned with Leica Microsystems’ product capabilities and manufacturer specifications.

This position reports to theSales Managerand is part of theSEA Commercial Team located in Singapore and willbe an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Assess customer scientific, technical, and workflow requirements across the pre-sales and post-sales process, and identify microscopy applications where Leica Microsystems products, technologies, and solutions can address customer needs.

• Partner with customers, sales teams, channel partners, service, marketing, product management, and technical teams to evaluate application requirements, technical feasibility, solution fit, and recommended workflows.

• Recommend appropriate microscopy products, configurations, workflows, and integrated solutions aligned with manufacturer specifications, intended product capabilities, and customer application objectives.

• Prepare product, application, solution, design, and implementation specifications that translate customer requirements into practical technical approaches for successful adoption and optimization.

• Plan and deliver product demonstrations, proof-of-concept activities, application workshops, technical evaluations, sample preparation, image or data acquisition, analysis workflows, and customer-specific use cases.

• Provide product and application training, technical consultation, and troubleshooting support to customers, sales teams, channel partners, and internal stakeholders.

• Capture customer feedback, application insights, market developments, and competitive intelligence to support continuous improvement, future solution development, customer success, and commercial growth.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Tertiary qualification in Life Sciences, Biomedical Science, Biomedical Engineering, Microscopy, Imaging, or a related scientific or technical discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in an application specialist, field application, technical product support, scientific support, or customer-facing microscopy/imaging role.

• Strong understanding of microscopy workflows, imaging techniques, sample preparation, image acquisition, analysis methods, and application optimization.

• Ability to assess customer requirements, translate scientific and workflow needs into technical solutions, and conduct product demonstrations, application workshops, proof-of-concept activities, trainings, and technical evaluations.

• Excellent communication, presentation, troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers, sales teams, channel partners, service teams, and internal stakeholders.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel within the assigned territory to support customer demonstrations, application workshops, installations, trainings, technical evaluations, and industry events.