Field Application Scientist

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in industrial applications. Today, worldwide more than 8500 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations.

Bruker offers differentiated, high-value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics, spatial and single-cell biology, functional structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics.
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FIELD APPLICATION SCIENTIST

Responsibilities

Bruker Cellular Analysis is a functional cell biology company that provides single-cell biology research tools to deliver deep insights into cellular function and new perspectives on phenomes and genotype-to-phenotype linkages. BCA key platforms include the Beacon® line of Optofluidic systems, which enables researchers to accelerate biologics product development by functional characterization of tens of thousands of single cells in parallel, while maintaining the cells in a healthy state for further genomic and proteomic profiling, connecting phenotype with genotype and other multiomic information. In addition, Bruker Cellular Analysis complements the Beacon line of products with the IsoSpark and IsoLight systems for highly multiplexed single-cell proteomic characterization.

To our Bruker Cellular Analysis team in the UK, we are looking for an Application Scientist (m/f/d) with a strong engineering background to help our customers develop workflows, train users and troubleshoot processes in EMEA region, primarily in the UK. This position will be integral in supporting a rapidly evolving technology platform enabling single cell assay, cell culture, therapeutics and Cell Line Development. This is a highly visible position that prioritizes customer success and has direct ties to top management.

Responsibilities

• Provide training & technical support to Biopharma and Academic customers on platform instrumentation, software and microfluidic workflows

• Assist customers in experimental design and workflow automation for Cell Line Development and Antibody Discovery workflows

• Provide technical guidance to customers for troubleshooting workflows, instrumentation and software

• Coordinate platform installation process, including: facilities inspection, instrument installation, platform validation and execution of quality verification tests

• Work closely with Field Applications Manager and Sales/Marketing team to collect, communicate and document new feature requests, future application needs and platform improvement feedback

• Conduct regular follow-up meetings with customers to ensure success in adoption of Bruker Cellular Analysis technology

• Support conferences and other events

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Life Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics or other multidisciplinary engineering with exposure to biological applications

• 2+ years’ experience supporting Biopharma customers on life science platforms in technical field support role

• Ability to independently support and troubleshoot complex electromechanical, optical, and micro/nanofluidic instrumentation/hardware, robotics in early stages of development using structured engineering approaches

• Familiarity with cell/tissue culture, cell-based assays, and microscopy platforms; experience in modern molecular and cell biology techniques

• Ability to thrive in early-stage technology development with demanding schedules and deliverables

• Excellent collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills to clearly articulate ideas, problems, and solutions

• Commitment to providing excellent customer service

• Willing to travel for up to 75% of time (driving license is a plus)

• Ability to lift up to 50lb

• Proficient data analysis skills; experience with data-mining software (e.g. Tableau, Spotfire) is strongly preferred

• Experience servicing complex instrumentation preferred

• Programming/ coding skills (Python, Java, MATLAB) experience preferred

• Fluent in English, French would be a plus

• Location: UK, France or Germany