Thermo Fisher Scientific

Engineer 3, Field Service

California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Scientific Instruments, Laboratory Equipment & ServicesIndustries

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri)

Position Overview

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

The Materials and Structural Analysis Electron Microscopy (M&SA EM) business enables customers to find meaningful answers to questions that accelerate breakthrough discoveries and ultimately change the world. The M&SA EM business designs, manufactures, and supports the broadest range of high-performance microscopy workflows that provide images and answers in the micro-, nano-, and picometer scales.

How Will You Make an Impact?

Combining hardware and software expertise in electron, ion, and light microscopy with deep application knowledge in the materials science, life sciences, electronics, and natural resources markets, the worldwide Electron Microscopy employees are dedicated to customers' pursuit of discovery and resolution to global challenges.

Day to Day Activities Include:

  • Conduct on-site installation of sophisticated equipment and follow testing procedures to ensure accurate working order.
  • Conduct on-site scheduled planned maintenance visits.
  • Provide diagnosis and repair support for customers and other field personnel.
  • Cultivate and develop positive working relationships with customers, system users, and company personnel.
  • Travel, often on short notice, to customer sites to resolve problems or support other field service personnel.
  • Complete and submit field service reports.
  • Provide training to customers and users on system maintenance.
  • Provide feedback to product quality teams.
  • Provide appropriate input in writing, updating, and correcting various Thermo Fisher system documentation.
  • Provide guidance for various reports, including identifying and isolating outstanding problems with the system.
  • Act as a subject expert and resource for training.

How Will You Get Here?

This position is ideal for a field service engineer wanting to be involved with a team with wide-ranging strengths and exposed to a constant variety of customer application areas.

Education / Experience:

  • Specific to Electronics, Electrical, and/or Mechanical Engineering.
  • Minimum education requirement is a bachelor's degree AND 6+ years equivalent education and experience in electronic systems, including hands-on technical experience installing, solving, repairing, and calibrating sophisticated analysis tools such as SEM, TEM, FIB, or similar systems.
  • A detailed understanding and extensive experience diagnosing and repairing ultra-high vacuum and high voltage systems.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Ability to deal effectively with customers.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills; must have a professional working proficiency in English.
  • Consistent record of fixing sophisticated systems and subsystems down to the component level.
  • Literate in MS DOS and Windows software environments.
  • Able to read and interpret schematics.
  • Familiar with UHV phenomenon and technology.
  • Must have the ability to acquire a valid passport and travel regionally and internationally as required.
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Environmental Conditions:

  • Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance.
  • Will work with hazardous/toxic materials.

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Able to walk a minimum of 10k steps per day.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific!

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $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 sophisticated analytical challenges, growing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diag

Skills

Equipment installation
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Customer training
System diagnosis
Repair support
Relationship building
Report writing
Travel readiness

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Provides life sciences products and services

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a variety of products and services that support scientific research and healthcare, including laboratory equipment, reagents, and software solutions. Their products are used in applications like protein biology, real-time PCR, and sequencing, serving clients such as academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Unlike competitors, Thermo Fisher emphasizes customer support and education, helping clients optimize their experiments. The company's goal is to be a leading provider of life sciences solutions that contribute to a healthier and safer world.

Waltham, MassachusettsHeadquarters
1956Year Founded
$17MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Increased competition in single-use bioprocessing may impact market share.
Sale of anatomical pathology business could create a temporary product gap.
Investment in miDiagnostics may face regulatory challenges affecting returns.

Differentiation

Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive range of life sciences products and services.
Their well-known brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, and Invitrogen.
They provide strong customer support and educational resources to optimize client workflows.

Upsides

Expansion of biologics production facility enhances capacity for precision biologics monitoring.
Investment in miDiagnostics aligns with demand for rapid diagnostic solutions in BioPharma.
Collaboration with Mainz Biomed positions them in the growing cancer detection market.

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