Liquid Handling Field Applications Scientist

Danaher•Kansas City, KS

39d•Remote

About The Position

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, 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. At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results. We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory. It's all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we're just beginning. Working together, let's put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow. The Field Applications Scientist, Liquid Handling is responsible for working with scientists to understand their application requirements and help to adapt their workflows to the outstanding capabilities of our liquid handling and automation product portfolio. As a Field Application Scientist, you will conduct the applications support for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Automation and Liquid Handling products. You will assess customer needs around specific applications and workflows pre- and post-sales and provide solutions on how to develop, implement and automate such workflows with Beckman Coulter's product portfolio. This process includes scoping, method development, optimization, and troubleshooting of the automation and liquid handling protocols. Scientific as well as method programming expertise paired with great interpersonal skills will be utilized throughout the process. In this role you will actively promote the company's products and services and act as the direct contact person for our customers when it comes to scientific and application-related questions. This position reports to the Central-Southwest Regional Manager Field Applications, Liquid Handling, and is part of the Customer Support, Field Applications North America team and will be working remotely to cover the U.S. Central Region.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of direct experience or Master's degree or higher with 2+ years of direct experience in Life Science or related field of study.
Direct laboratory working experience with assays involving Compound Screening, Proteomics, Biologics, Molecular Biology, and/or Assay Miniaturization.
Advanced programming of laboratory automation workflows.
Protocol design, optimization, troubleshooting, workflow adaptation.
Experience conducting scientific and/or training presentations.
Must be located in Indiana, Texas or Kansas area, with the ability to travel with overnight stay throughout the assigned geography up to 70% and international travel, when required, sometimes on short notice.
Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

Nice To Haves

Technical or application support within an Automated Liquid Handling/Automated Workflow company
Fluent in coding and computer language(s)

Responsibilities

Provide in-depth applications support across multiple scientific subject areas including drug discovery and genomics.
Understand the scope of customer projects and independently build, adapt, implement, and optimize liquid handling and automation protocols to improve customer workflows and provide customer training and support.
Support sales targets by partnering with the commercial team to provide high-level scientific and technical expertise.
Troubleshoot and diagnose advanced technical problems and serve as a liaison with service and internal customer support teams as needed.
Demonstrate leadership through mentoring new and developing FAS team members and/or peer associates in other departments, and act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

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