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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Staff Applications Scientist - Electron Microscope

Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hands-on work experience and specialized knowledge with transmission electron microscopes (TEM) or focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopes (FIB/SEM, SDB).
  • Experience troubleshooting and optimizing analytical equipment, including electron/ion microscopes.
  • At least one year of hands-on TEM/SDB experience in a relevant commercial or research organization.
  • Ability to communicate technical information clearly in writing and verbally to diverse audiences.
  • Strong customer-facing skills and a customer-oriented approach to solving problems.
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams, including global teams.
  • Fluent, business-level English communication skills.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 25–50%; a valid passport is required.
  • A master's degree or higher in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Physics, with a strong post-academic background demonstrating expertise in critical microscopy application areas.

Responsibilities

  • Build positive customer relationships and serve as a high-level customer interface for instrument and application issues; explain complex technology and deliver in-depth technical presentations.
  • Lead TEM/SDB product demonstrations and customer sample evaluations, coordinate demonstration preparation with sales and supporting teams, and deliver professional reports after demonstrations.
  • Provide customer support and application training, translating customer needs into workable solutions.
  • Maintain demonstration tools at benchmarked performance and provide ongoing feedback to product groups on system performance, features, and potential issues.
  • Document application examples and competitive landscapes, collect customer feedback, explore local-market product adoption, and coordinate marketing materials with the marketing team.
  • Participate in conferences and workshops to promote new application solutions.
  • Collaborate with marketing and development groups on future product development; lead new-product application testing and communication with R&D.
  • Develop team members and share knowledge to improve the team's overall capability.

Desired Qualifications

  • A PhD or higher degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Physics.
  • High expertise in a particular microscopy application area.

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Founded
1956

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