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 Scientist III 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 Scientist III 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 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 Triple Quadrupole R&D team, conduct leading-edge research and development aimed at improving design and performance of mass spectrometry systems and components.

• Investigate and explore new ideas and concepts by defining experiments, building, debugging and characterizing prototypes to verify proof of principle.

• Provide guidance and leadership to mechanical and electrical engineers in order to design prototypes and new products.

• Maintain substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories, and may contribute to scientific literature and conferences.

• Given the interdisciplinary nature of Life Science Mass Spectrometry, this role will require familiarity and interplay with the entire hardware team and several cross functional teams within marketing, product support and operations.

• May participate in development of patent applications.

• May coordinate interdepartmental activities and research efforts.

How will you get here?

Education/ Experience

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in a product development lab designing and developing analytical instrumentation; or 3 years of experience with a Master's degree; or a PhD; or equivalent experience.

• Practical knowledge of mass analyzer technologies, ion optics design, ion sources, vacuum systems design.

• Experience in developing hardware for analytical instruments, in relation with the design of mass spectrometer ion optics systems.

• Working knowledge of ion trajectory simulation software (SIMION or similar).

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills.

• Capable of working with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Ability to travel, but less than 10%.

• Familiarity with C, C++, Lua, Python programming preferred.

• Experience with HPLC methods, and ability to run relevant experiments preferred.

• Experience with CAD Software (SolidWorks, ProEngineer) preferred.

• Strong project management skills preferred.

• Knowledge of product management life cycle preferred.

Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.