Field Applications Scientist — Proteins & Viral Vectors

Abselion; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

15 days PTO + 9 holidays

Job summary

Abselion is seeking a Field Application Scientist to be the first US hire, supporting customers across the US and Canada with hands-on demonstrations of Amperia. You will translate customer needs into compelling demos and help build our US field applications function from the ground up.

You will travel up to 75% (US/Canada) and partner with Sales to move opportunities to adoption, reporting to the CEO and coordinating with UK teams.

Qualifications

• MS in a relevant field with 3+ years of experience as a Field Application Scientist, or a PhD with 1+ year of experience.
• Hands-on bench experience in antibody development, protein expression, cell line development, or process development.
• In-depth practical experience with protein quantification methods such as ELISA, BLI, SPR, or SEC-HPLC.
• Excellent pipetting technique and confidence running experiments independently under time pressure.
• Clear, confident communication and presentation skills with scientific audiences.
• Based in the Greater Boston area.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical sales process for Amperia, from first call to adoption.
• Run discovery calls with prospective customers to understand workflows and quantification challenges.
• Translate customer requirements into targeted demo proposals.
• Plan and deliver hands-on instrument demonstrations at customer sites across the US and Canada.
• Transport, set up, and run Amperia on site, running experiments independently and to time.
• Partner with the Sales team through the full sales cycle, including networking and follow-up.
• Represent Abselion at scientific conferences, mainly in the US and Canada.
• Feed structured feedback to Science, Product, Sales, and Marketing teams.
• Help build our US field applications function from the ground up.

Skills

FAS experience

Bench protein work

Protein quant methods

Pipetting

Communication skills

Boston-area based

Education

MS in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

CRM

Job description

Abselion is seeking a Field Application Scientist to be the first US hire, supporting customers across the US and Canada with hands-on demonstrations of Amperia. You will translate customer needs into compelling demos and help build our US field applications function from the ground up.

You will travel up to 75% (US/Canada) and partner with Sales to move opportunities to adoption, reporting to the CEO and coordinating with UK teams.