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Hamilton Company

Designs and manufactures liquid handling systems

Field Service Engineer

Full-TimeDeadline 6/3/27
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Singapore
HybridRegular travel to customer sites across the Pacific Rim, including overnight and consecutive-night travel.
Field ServiceEquipment Field Service

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to adhere to department operating procedures and high quality standards.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work with non-technical customers and co-workers in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work in a safety-conscious manner due to potential exposure to hazardous chemicals, biologicals, and radioactivity.
  • Must attend all safety classes and seminars to maintain company safety policies and procedures.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work from home or a corporate office.
  • Ability to interface with Hamilton customers to schedule and organize onsite service jobs.
  • Ability to learn new robotic operating systems.
  • Working knowledge of company instrument application programs and personal computer disk operating systems.
  • Ability to travel overnight and on consecutive nights.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
  • Experience programming or operating automated laboratory scientific equipment is required.
Responsibilities
  • Act as the primary field service engineer within the assigned territory and provide backup support to other areas as required.
  • Perform new equipment installation and preventive maintenance.
  • Troubleshoot and repair Hamilton Company robotic instruments and subassemblies while following company safety policies and procedures.
  • Act as project lead for complex integrated installations.
  • Provide mentorship to new Service Engineers.
  • Report problems and perform advanced and complex root cause analysis on instrument failures.
  • Work independently, consulting with the Service team, management, and/or Project Management team as necessary to understand and ensure proper customer support.
  • Evaluate project details and provide reasonably accurate effort and timeline estimates for assigned tasks.
  • Provide instrument service training and evaluate coworkers, other company personnel, and customer technical personnel while maintaining company safety policies and procedures.
  • Provide constructive feedback on instrument products to improve safety, reliability, customer satisfaction, or cost reduction.
  • Maintain a safe, neat, and orderly work area while servicing instruments in the department, individual workstation, or customer facility.
  • Practice good laboratory practices while in a customer's laboratory.
  • Promptly log service reports.
  • Manage time and service part inventory.
  • Keep assigned instruments current on preventive maintenance and service bulletins.
  • Arrange air travel, car rental, and hotel accommodations.
  • Submit job-related expenses in a timely manner.
  • Provide on-call phone support during non-business hours, weekends, and holidays.
  • Travel overnight and on consecutive nights as necessary.
  • Commute to customer sites and navigate within the region, following traffic laws and ensuring on-time arrival.
  • Work from home or a corporate office while interfacing with Hamilton customers to schedule service support.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least three years of experience using laboratory automation or scientific applications is preferred.
  • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, are preferred.
  • Experience programming complex applications is desired.
  • Experience with programming languages and computer knowledge is desired.
  • Life Sciences or Biomedical education is preferred.

About the company

Hamilton designs and manufactures lab automation equipment, including liquid handling, process analytics, robotics, and automated storage systems. Its lineup features manual and semi-automatic pipettes, sensors, chromatography products, and automated platforms such as VANTAGE, Microlab STAR, and Microlab NIMBUS, along with ultra-low temperature storage solutions. It differentiates itself with patented technologies like CO-RE, TADM, and ADC, and it holds ISO 9001 certification with global support. Its goal is to provide reliable, high-precision tools and integrated automation that support life science research and production across diverse workflows.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Reno, Nevada

Founded

1953

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What believers are saying

  • Pillar released its first automated NGS method on Hamilton STAR in October 2025.
  • Takara Bio and Hamilton announced global SMART-Seq automation co-marketing on March 30, 2026.
  • nRichDX and Alps Dx showcased new Hamilton-based automation at 2025-2026 industry conferences.

What critics are saying

  • Ruhe-only NGS partnerships stay vulnerable if Pillar, Takara, or Ultima switch automation vendors.
  • Academic grant dependence exposes Hamilton to NIH and university budget shocks through 2026.
  • Hamilton’s broad platform focus invites deeper automation rivals like Tecan and Beckman Coulter.

What makes Hamilton Company unique

  • Hamilton’s Microlab STAR anchors automated liquid handling across genomics and clinical workflows.
  • 2025-2026 partnerships with Pillar, Takara Bio, Ultima Genomics, and nRichDX widen ecosystem lock-in.
  • Hamilton’s Research Support Grant subsidizes instruments, reinforcing academic adoption during NIH funding cuts.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement

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Jun 11th, 2026
Hamilton Sciences appoints Pramathesh Palchoudhary as Chief Revenue Officer.

Hamilton Sciences appoints Pramathesh Palchoudhary as Chief Revenue Officer. Hamilton Sciences has appointed Pramathesh Palchoudhary as Chief Revenue Officer to lead growth, revenue strategy, market expansion and international business development across its brand portfolio. Jun 11, 2026 - 12:03 Hindi business news Discover more Business spotlight features Advertising & Marketing E-Commerce Services Hamilton Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (HSPL), a manufacturer of personal care and home care products, has appointed Pramathesh Palchoudhary as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) as the company seeks to reinforce its growth strategy and expand its market presence across India and overseas markets. In his new role, Palchoudhary will head the company's overall revenue strategy with responsibility for business expansion, market penetration and revenue growth across HSPL's portfolio including brands such as Denver, Envy, Vanesa, Pour Home and Al-Sifar. Popular brand analysis Driving revenue growth: The newly created mandate consolidates all revenue generating functions into a single leadership structure with a focus on improving commercial alignment, channel growth and business performance. Palchoudhary will drive efforts to build scalable growth systems, deepen direct-to-consumer engagements and drive overall business efficiencies through data-led decision-making. This also will mean reducing dependence on traditional trade channels in the long term and building greater consumer engagement at multiple touchpoints. Focus on international expansion: Palchoudhary will also support Hamilton Sciences' strategy for international expansion, in addition to domestic growth. The company has identified the US, Gulf region and South Asian markets as the key areas of focus for future growth. The appointment comes as Indian personal care and home care companies increasingly seek overseas opportunities while competing in a fast-changing domestic market.

Business Wire
Mar 30th, 2026
Takara Bio USA and Hamilton partner to automate NGS library preparation workflows

Takara Bio USA and Hamilton Company have announced a development and co-marketing agreement to automate next-generation sequencing library preparation workflows globally. The partnership will integrate Takara Bio's SMART-Seq library preparation kits with Hamilton's Microlab STAR Liquid Handling Systems. The first automated technology will be the SMART-Seq mRNA LP kit, with additional SMART-Seq products planned for automation. The collaboration aims to reduce hands-on time and errors whilst increasing throughput and reducing labour costs for laboratories, including core facilities. The pre-revenue partnership combines Takara Bio's RNA-seq chemistry with Hamilton's liquid handling automation to standardise high-throughput workflows. Takara Bio USA is sponsoring the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh from 28–31 March 2026.

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Mar 26th, 2026
Hamilton acquires the microdosing company Biofluidix - 2022 - Wiley Analytical Science

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PR Newswire
Feb 25th, 2026
Ultima Genomics partners with Hamilton to automate sequencing workflows at scale

Ultima Genomics and Hamilton Company have partnered to automate sample preparation and amplification workflows for Ultima's sequencing systems using Hamilton's Microlab STAR liquid handling platform. The collaboration aims to enable scalable, efficient next-generation sequencing workflows with improved operational efficiency. The global agreement will jointly develop automation scripts for Ultima's workflows, supporting integration with existing library preparation approaches. This addresses a critical bottleneck in production-scale genomics by delivering complete workflow automation for research and translational applications. The partnership combines Ultima's "sequencing-on-a-wafer" technology with Hamilton's automation expertise, allowing laboratories to reduce hands-on time and support production-scale sequencing. Hamilton, headquartered in Reno, Nevada, has over 75 years of experience in precision laboratory automation and serves the scientific community through a global network.

PR Newswire
Jan 26th, 2026
Alps Dx and Hamilton showcase automated oral fluid drug testing system at SLAS 2026

Alps Dx and Hamilton Company announced the showcase of Alps Dx Atelier, an automated system for oral fluid drug testing, at the SLAS 2026 conference in Boston. Built on Hamilton's MICROLAB STARlet platform, the system automates preanalytical processing steps including barcode identification, decapping, filtration and tube capping. The system addresses inefficiencies in oral fluid testing workflows, which often rely on manual handling and inconsistent processes. Designed for the FDA-cleared Quantisal collection device, Alps Dx Atelier aims to improve sample quality, reduce turnaround times and ease staffing pressures in clinical and forensic laboratories. Alps Dx, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, develops automated technologies for oral fluid testing. Hamilton Company is a global life sciences manufacturer based in Reno, Nevada, with over 75 years of experience in precision measurement and automated liquid handling.