Staff Scientist

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 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 complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. 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, Patheon and PPD.

**Location/Division Specific Information**

We are a research, development, and production site in Bremen currently, with about 500 employees, whose “high-end” measurement and analysis instruments (mass spectrometers) are used in research and science worldwide. Our innovative products in the fields of Life Sciences MS and Inorganic MS, as well as Trace Elemental Analysis, are among the leading products globally in their respective markets. We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Scientist to join our dynamic Research & Development team in Bremen. As a Technical Lead for new product developments, you will play a crucial role in driving innovation and leading the development of new products within an existing platform.

**A Day in the Life**:
Join our dynamic team and embark on an exciting journey filled with diverse tasks and responsibilities. As a key member of our R&D team, you will have the opportunity to lead product development projects and collaborate with our global network of sites.

Your primary focus will be on leading a talented team of technical professionals, guiding them in prioritizing experiments and analyzing data to solve complex technical problems. Working closely with our product management team, you will play a vital role in deriving detailed technical specifications and overseeing all stages of product development, from initial research to final production.

In this role, you will be making critical technical decisions on a daily basis, while also creating an environment that fosters effective, collaborative, and inclusive decision-making among your colleagues. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and documenting experiments, as well as developing comprehensive verification test plans and test summary reports. Additionally, you will provide guidance and support to scientists, software engineers, and mechanical and electrical engineers in developing sub-system requirement specifications.

As an integral part of the project cycle, you will ensure seamless knowledge transfer to our operations, product support, and field service teams, enabling them to effectively support the newly developed instruments.

**Keys to Success**:
**Responsibilities**
- Lead and empower a diverse team of skilled technical professionals, fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment to successfully execute the project
- Ensure high experimental quality and deep theoretical penetration throughout all stages of product development, from research to serial production
- Embrace and overcome solutions and execution strategies for complex or novel issues
- Create and maintain documents as part of the product development process
- Effectively communicate development progress verbally and in writing to superiors and higher management
- Represent the company in interactions with external customers and collaborators

**Experience & Education**
- Several years of industrial experience in development of sophisticated analytic instrumentation after successful completion of a Doctoral degree in technical discipline
- Expert knowledge of scientific principles in time-of-flight mass spectrometry is required
- First experience in a technical leadership role is highly appreciated

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**
- Role model for initiative, independence and expansion of the technical horizon
- Excellent communication competence and strong collaboration skills
- Agile thinking and growth mindset
- Comfortable with a high paced work environment
- Passionate to push the limits of science and technology
- Promote teamwork actively
- Proficient in English, willing to learn German

**What we offer**:

- Employment with an innovative, future-oriented organisation
- Outstanding career and development prospects
- Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits
- Exciting company culture which stands for integrity, intensity, involvement and innovation
- Relocation expenses

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

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