Staff Scientist, Field Applications

Work Schedule

Flex Shifts 40 hrs/wk

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges.

Job Description:

The Staff Scientist, Field Applications will provide senior-level technical and scientific expertise to support customer success and business growth across Southeast Asia. The role focuses on advanced Thermo Scientific Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry (LSMS) technologies, including Nominal MS, Orbitrap Hybrid, Tribrid and Astral MS platforms, supporting industry, pharma/biopharma, discovery/research, academic/government and multi-omics applications. Working closely with sales, business units, service and channel partners, the position will drive strategic customer engagement, technical differentiation and adoption of advanced LSMS solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Applications & Growth: Lead complex customer demonstrations, proof-of-concept studies, method development and technical evaluations to accelerate opportunity conversion and Orbitrap adoption.
• Vertical Market Development: Drive multi-omics, proteomics and metabolomics applications, particularly in emerging markets.
• Technical Leadership & Customer Success: Serve as a regional LSMS/HRMS subject-matter expert, providing advanced troubleshooting, workflow optimization, customer training and installed-base support.
• Regional Capability Building: Mentor internal and channel application specialists, develop technical training materials and promote best practices across the region.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Sales, BU, Marketing and Service teams to support strategic accounts, strengthen customer relationships and identify new growth opportunities.

Qualifications:

• PhD or Master's degree in Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Mass Spectrometry, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
• PhD with 5+ years, or M.S. with 9+ years of relevant experience in advanced mass spectrometry applications, scientific research or technical customer support.
• Strong hands-on expertise in LC-MS/HRMS, preferably Orbitrap technologies, including sample preparation, method development, troubleshooting and data interpretation.
• Experience in proteomics, metabolomics, biopharma or related life-science applications.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics and statistical data analysis tools, preferably Thermo Scientific software solutions.
• Excellent scientific communication, customer engagement, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences and work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial.
• Ability to work independently and travel up to 75% within Southeast Asia, and potentially internationally as needed.