Senior Application Scientist - Proteomics

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

The Senior Application Scientist – Proteomics is responsible for delivering customer-centric applications support in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role focuses on LC-MS product demonstrations, field application support, method development, and training within life sciences research and pharmaceutical markets, supporting SCIEX’s accurate mass product portfolio. This role will work closely with internal partners (sales, service, and product teams) to support pre-sales visits and presentations with customers. This position reports to the Sr Manager, Biopharma and CE Applications and is part of the North America Commercial Applications team located in either Marlborough, MA or Redwood Shore, CA and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead customer engagement and technical delivery by preparing and delivering LC/MS product demonstrations, proteomics workflows, training, and ongoing application support to drive customer success and adoption.
• Drive commercial impact and market growth by partnering with sales and business teams to identify opportunities, align application strategies, and influence customer decisions across key market segments.
• Develop and advance proteomics solutions by designing and implementing end-to-end workflows, including sample preparation, analytical methods, and data processing approaches.
• Support product innovation and portfolio expansion by contributing to the definition, testing, and application of new hardware and software solutions across nominal and accurate mass LC-MS technologies.
• Act as a scientific thought leader and brand ambassador by building a strong presence in the proteomics community, representing SCIEX at conferences, and influencing stakeholders across scientific, commercial, and executive audiences.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Exceptional presentation, communication, and customer-facing skills.
• BS with 10+ years, MS with 5+ years, or PhD with 3+ years of experience in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Life Sciences with focus on mass spectrometric analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in proteomics workflows (required), with broader exposure to metabolomics, lipidomics, and/or pharma applications including sample preparation, method development, and data analysis.
• Strong hands-on experience with LC/MS quantitative and qualitative workflows using accurate mass instrumentation.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in customer-facing environments and influence technical and business stakeholders.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Up to 50% travel within North America.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Using SCIEX instrumentation and software, particularly accurate mass systems.
• MS/MS workflows for unknown identification.
• Serving as a recognized scientific contributor (e.g., publications, presentations, or collaborations) within proteomics.

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

The annual salary range for this role is $125k-135K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.