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Senior Field Applications Scientist, Proteomics & Biopharma

ThermoFisher Scientific

Waltham, MAJob$104–156K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$104–156K/yr
Location
Waltham, MA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License, required

Job overview

The Senior Field Applications Scientist, Proteomics & Biopharma provides technical support across scientific technology platforms and builds relationships with customers, sales teams, and internal partners. The role delivers training, optimizes applications, troubleshoots issues, and demonstrates technologies. It also supports colleagues, leads strategic projects, and shares customer feedback with R&D to contribute to product development and adoption of solutions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mass Spectrometry, requiredChromatography, requiredSample Preparation, requiredProteomics, requiredCustomer-Facing Technical Support, requiredTechnical Training, requiredCommunication, requiredProblem Solving, requiredAnalytical Troubleshooting, requiredProject Management, requiredOrganization, requiredRelevant Software Applications, requiredData Analysis, requiredPresentation, requiredTechnical Writing, requiredEnglish Fluency, requiredMethod Development, requiredMethod Optimization, requiredLeadership, requiredMentoring, requiredRegulatory Requirements, nice to haveGMP, nice to haveGLP, nice to have

Qualifications

Advanced Degree+6 or Bachelor's+8 Years, requiredChemistry or Related Scientific Field, nice to haveBiochemistry, nice to haveBiology, nice to haveMaterials Science, nice to haveEngineering, nice to have6+ Years Experience, requiredValid Driver's License, requiredValid Passport, requiredMust Travel 50-75%, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

Other

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Senior Field Applications Scientist, Proteomics & Biopharma

R-01372612

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, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Staff Scientist, Field Applications and contribute by enabling customers to solve complex analytical challenges. You'll serve as a technical expert, providing comprehensive support across our technology platforms while building strong relationships with customers, sales teams, and internal partners. This role offers the opportunity to work with advanced scientific instrumentation and contribute to breakthroughs that make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Working both independently and collaboratively, you'll deliver technical training, optimize applications, troubleshoot complex issues, and demonstrate our technologies through presentations. Your expertise will help customers achieve their research and development goals while supporting the adoption of our solutions across multiple scientific disciplines.

You'll have the opportunity to support colleagues, lead strategic projects, and contribute to product development by providing valuable customer feedback to our R&D teams. This position combines scientific expertise with customer engagement, allowing you to contribute to both technical advancement and business growth.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education/Experience:

  • Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience with relevant analytical instrumentation and techniques

  • Preferred Fields of Study: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Materials Science, Engineering, or related scientific field

  • Technical knowledge in one or more core application areas (mass spectrometry, chromatography, sample preparation, proteomics or related fields)

  • Successful experience in customer-facing technical support and training

Knowledge, Skills, Abilitie s:

  • Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences

  • Problem-solving abilities and analytical troubleshooting expertise

  • Project management and organizational skills

  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams

  • Proficiency in relevant software applications and data analysis tools

  • Presentation and technical writing capabilities

  • Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial

  • Ability to travel up to 50-75% within assigned territory

  • Valid driver's license and passport for international travel where required

  • Experience with method development and optimization

  • Leadership abilities and mentoring skills

  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements and quality systems (GMP, GLP) preferred

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $104,100.00–$156,150.00.

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,090 open Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$104–156K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$110–157K/yr125 salary ranges
  • US median$103–160K/yr1,046 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is close to the Massachusetts median midpoint ($131K) — in the middle half of Scientist salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 181 open Scientist jobs in Massachusetts and 2,090 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,582 postings).
Education
985 of the 2,090 open Scientist jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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