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Senior Applications Scientist

Renishaw

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May 27, 2026

Salary
£40k – £60k
Location
New Mills, United Kingdom
Workplace
Remote, Onsite
Type
Full-time
Department
Education
Seniority
Senior
Education
PhD
Industry
Technology
Category
Engineering
Environment
Office
Source
Workday

Overview

As a Senior Applications Scientist, you'll provide technical sales support by understanding customer requirements and demonstrating Renishaw's spectroscopy solutions. Responsibilities include conducting feasibility studies, analyzing customer samples, performing instrument demonstrations, and providing expert guidance to customers. You'll also contribute to marketing activities and create training materials. The role requires a degree in a related field, experience with analytical instrumentation, and knowledge of Raman spectroscopy. Benefits include pension, bonus, flexible working, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Description

Job Description

Location Wotton-under-Edge, Glos
Salary between £40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience

Renishaw is seeking to recruit a Raman Application Scientist to work within the Spectroscopy Products Division.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a passion for science, looking to take their career in a commercial direction. This customer-facing role provides technical sales support by understanding customer requirements and demonstrating how they can be achieved using Renishaw’s spectroscopy offering.

Responsibilities

  • Conducting feasibility studies, analysing customer samples and performing on-site and remote instrument demonstrations to support the Renishaw sales team.

  • Providing expert guidance to support our existing customers, including on-site training, delivering Raman Revealed training workshops and responding to emails.

  • Working as part of a team to deliver marketing activities such as exhibitions, seminars, workshops and webinars.

  • Supporting the production of written marketing and training materials (notes, posters, manuals, brochures, etc.).

Key requirements

  • A degree in a related discipline.

  • Practical experience using analytical instrumentation, preferably in a customer-facing environment.

  • Knowledge of Raman spectroscopy.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt style as required for industrial and academic audiences.

  • Confidence presenting to audiences of different sizes.

  • The ability to multi-task, prioritise, and deliver to deadlines.

  • Diligent, methodical, but efficient work ethic.

  • A high level of general computer literacy including Microsoft Office software.

  • A full UK driving licence.

  • A full, valid passport.

  • Willingness and ability to travel both domestically and internationally.

Desirable requirements

  • PhD in a related science discipline.

  • Previous commercial experience in scientific instrumentation.

  • Practical experimental skills using Raman spectroscopy instrumentation.

Person specification

  • The successful candidate will be self-motivated and enthusiastic, able to use their initiative and remain confident when faced with pressure situations.

  • The ability to meet deadlines, good attention to detail, and prioritise a range of tasks.

  • Resourceful, willing to learn new skills, and able to problem solve.

  • The ability to plan well is important as this role requires a combination of independent and team-working, often utilising shared resources.

Benefits 

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

Please click here for further information about our benefits.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
 
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
 
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or [email protected].

Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.

Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9324 Senior Applications Scientist (Open)

Skills

Raman spectroscopy instruments

Benefits

9% non-contributory pensionDiscretionary annual bonusSubsidised onsite restaurantsFree parkingCar sharing scheme24 hour fitness centres25 days holiday plus bank holidaysLife Assurance policyCycle to Work schemeEnhanced maternity payHealth Cash PlanEmployee Assistance Programme

Licenses & Certifications

UK driving licensePassport

Languages

English

About Renishaw

Renishaw is a scientific instrumentation company seeking to recruit a Raman Application Scientist for their Spectroscopy Products Division.

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