Staff Scientist, Research & Development

Job Description

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Our incredible technologies within AIG make a real difference to our customers and support our mission. We enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are protecting our cities, ensuring the availability of clean drinking water or monitoring the safety of our food supply, they all have a common goal – providing test data that allows for the right decisions to be made. Our customers are the focus of everything we do and we provide them the instruments, equipment, software and services to do what they do best. AIG is a global business and includes roughly 10,000 colleagues around the world. More specifically the Staff Scientist role is part of the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Life Science Division located in San Jose, CA. At this site, we offer customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments and software services that support customers within proteomics, clinical research, forensic toxicology, pharmaceutical, biotech, food safety, and environmental market segments.

How will you make an impact?

This Staff Scientist opportunity is part of the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry division which delivers market-leading diagnostics solutions. Our solutions help customers advance science, become more efficient, and improve their bottom lines. Our offerings shape the lab of the future by accelerating innovation and driving productivity. In short, it is our goal to make labs work the way laypeople think they do -- with cloud-connected, instantaneous information, available seamlessly to scientists across the lab. This role will contribute to the design and development of technology critical to supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific’s position as the leader in mass spectrometry in our San Jose, CA facility.

Position summary:

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry R&D group has an immediate opening for a Research Scientist in Mass Spectrometry. This role with play a major factor in the design and development of technology critical to supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific’s position as the leader in mass spectrometry in our San Jose, CA facility.

What will you do?

As part of the Ion Sources Research and Development team, conduct leading-edge research and development with our Quadrupole, Ion Trap and Orbitrap mass analyzers

Develop Ion Mobility - Mass Spectrometry techniques using Orbitrap mass analyzers

Provide guidance and leadership to mechanical, electrical and software engineers in order to design prototypes and new products

Investigate and explore new ideas and concepts by defining experiments, building, debugging and characterizing prototype instruments in order to verify proof of principle

Test and verify new products and product improvements

Participate in cross-functional teams including marketing, product support and operations personnel

Maintain substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories, contributing to scientific literature and conferences

How will you get here?

Education/ Experience

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in a product development lab designing and developing analytical instrumentation; or 6 years of experience with a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience

Practical knowledge of ion optics, quadrupole mass filter and ion trap technologies, and high vacuum systems

Solid programming skills (Python, Lua, C#)

Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills

Capable of working with multi-disciplinary teams

Ability to travel (10%)

Preferred Skills

• Minimum three (3) years of experience working in the field of mass spectrometry, preferably in an R&D capacity within an academic or industry setting designing and developing analytical instrumentation preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot electronic circuits preferred
• Experience in the analysis of mass spectrometry data preferred
• Working knowledge of ion trajectory simulation and/or fluid dynamics software (SIMION, Comsol Multiphysics, ANSYS) preferred

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards