Application Scientist III, Materials Science TEM

Thermo Fisher Scientific; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Field Application Scientist to join their innovative team. This exciting role involves extensive travel across the Asia-Pacific region, providing scientific training, application support, and technical sales assistance. You will play a crucial role in enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty by delivering tailored training and troubleshooting support. With a strong focus on Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), you will contribute to the success of the organization while enjoying a competitive salary and numerous career development opportunities. If you are passionate about science and eager to make a meaningful impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant research position with TEM.
• Knowledge of advanced technology diagnostics and troubleshooting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Deliver customer training and customize content to meet needs.
• Support technical sales and assist in product demonstrations.
• Maintain up-to-date technical expertise and improve training quality.

Skills

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

Technical Sales Support

Customer Training

Troubleshooting Techniques

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Self-management

Teaching/Coaching Skills

Education

University degree in Materials Science

Advanced degree in Physics or Chemistry

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll be part of an inquisitive team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.

The Role

We are the Thermo Fisher NanoPort team. As the largest Electron Microscopy demo labs in the world, NanoPort team supports sales of all Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy products through demonstrations and serves as a meeting place for Thermo Fisher Applications Scientists and customers to collaborate using NanoPort demo instruments. For all these functions, the performance of the microscopes to the highest standards and the general functioning and appearance of the NanoPort lab is critical. We provide technical and scientific expertise in the support of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Global sales efforts.

Join us as a Field Application Scientist in Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and assist us in our mission to become the world leader in serving science. This dynamic position involves providing scientific training, demonstration, mentorship, application support/troubleshooting and technical sales/marketing support.

This is a field-based role, involving extensive travel across Asia-Pacific region including countries such as Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, China, India, and other countries. Occasional support needs to be provided to customers in the other countries outside of Asia-Pacific region. The position comes with a competitive salary and yearly bonus. We offer many different career pathways in a global organization, plus extensive resources and training opportunities to help develop an exciting career!

How Will You Make an Impact?

You will support the customer in-person at their lab, and by remote support station, phone and email, serving as a trusted advisor as well as a trainer. By doing so, you will help increase customer satisfaction, build loyalty, and contribute to the overall success of the business.

Responsibilities:

Training and Demonstration

• Deliver customer training to generate revenue and customize content to customer needs.
• Contribute to the NNP training documentation by creating new content and updating existing ones.
• Support technical sales and account managers to plan training for future customers.
• Occasionally perform demonstration of TEM capabilities to potential customers at NanoPort or customer sites.

Sales, Marketing, and Service Support

• Generate results for marketing collateral in coordination with Sales Development and Product Marketing managers.
• Diagnose & resolve product performance problems and customer queries/complaints.
• Assist the regional sales team in the development of accounts by giving technical seminars and presentations that promote the use of our products.
• Support service during system installation and acceptance tests.
• Support factory alignment and acceptance tests.
• Assist in technical demonstrations for customers.
• Develop technical content for sales and marketing.

Learning & Certification

• Maintain up-to-date technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of our product portfolio and scientific developments in TEM and related subjects.
• Create technical documentation and learning structure including sustaining skill development system.
• Improve the quality of customer training.
• Cross-coach application scientists.

How Will You Get Here?

Education

• University degree in Materials Science, Physics or Chemistry is required. An advanced degree is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge and recent hands-on experience with TEM are required.
• 5 years of experience in a relevant position within the research environment with recent experience using TEM.
• Strong interest in aberration-corrected TEM would be a plus.
• Knowledge of advanced technology diagnostics as well as troubleshooting techniques, operational optimization, and experience of analytical equipment.
• Proven track record to work well with cross-functional and cross-cultural diverse teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills tailored for a diverse audience are critical for this position.
• Excellent customer interfacing skills a must.
• Willingness to travel extensively across Asia-Pacific region (up to 60%).
• Self-managing skills in remote environment.
• Teaching/coaching skills.
• Skills to grasp possible learning opportunities through everyday work.
• Proficient in English.