What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Applications Scientist position at Bruker?
Overview
As one of the world’s leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker covers a broad spectrum of advanced solutions in all fields of research and development. All our systems and instruments are designed to improve safety of products, to accelerate time-to-market, and to support industries in successfully enhancing quality of life. We have been driving innovation in analytical instrumentation for over 50 years now. Today, more than 7,500 employees distributed across 90 locations around the world continue to delight our customers with innovative solutions.
Bruker Nano, one of Bruker’s four operating segments, provides customers in academic and governmental institutions, life science, materials, and applied industries with the tools to determine the characteristics of matter and visualize the structure of molecules. Divisions within BNANO include Bruker AXS, Bruker Nano Analytics, Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology, Fluorescence Microscopy, and Canopy.
If you are an expert in biological super-resolution microscopy, we want to hear from you. Bruker develops, manufactures, and distributes the Vutara VXL microscope optimized for single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) of biological samples in Neuroscience, Genomics, Biophysics, Microbiology, and Cell Biology. We are looking for a candidate who enjoys interacting with biologists from world-class academic laboratories, troubleshooting applications and representing Bruker at conferences and trade shows. The position involves national and international travel; the successful candidate might work from North America or Europe.
Responsibilities
- Support sales, product management, and marketing teams
- Discuss with customers regarding applications, hardware, and software of the Vutara VXL system and perform remote and on-site demonstrations
- Support customers after sales with application development and instrument operation
- Work with customers, product management, and external collaborators to develop new application fields.
- Work with product management and marketing to create application notes and marketing material
- Give presentations about applications and system capabilities at customer sites, conferences, trade shows, and webinars
- 50% demonstration of systems to customers (on-site and remote)
- 20% train and support customers in the operation of the Vutara VXL
- 10% help customers optimize biological applications for SMLM experiments.
- 10% marketing and sales support (presentations, helping with marketing material, presence at exhibitions and workshops)
- 5% scientific collaborations with key customers and opinion leaders
- 5% support of software development and R&D, including testing
- Up to 75% travel both domestically and internationally on short notice
Qualifications
- The successful candidate has engaging communication skills and can explain complex concepts to customers, the sales force, and the marketing team in English; fluency in additional languages is a plus
- The position requires proven expertise and hands-on experience in biological super-resolution microscopy
- The candidate must perform all biochemical, cell biological, and data analysis workflows necessary for super-resolution experiments without supervision
- The candidate has to discuss biological concepts and super-resolution technology with academic Principal Investigators and students
- The candidate must understand the technical, computational, and optical aspects of a super-resolution microscope to perform installation, training, and troubleshooting tasks without supervision
- Excellent presentation skills are a prerequisite. Advanced expertise in PowerPoint, ImageJ, and other presentation and image-processing software is required
- Excellent bookkeeping skills are a must
- Ph.D. in physics, biochemistry, biology, or a related field is preferred
- Must have at least two years of experience in single-molecule localization microscopy
- Practical cell culture and biochemistry experience is an advantage
Bruker Corporation offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, 401(k), paid vacation, holidays, and tuition assistance (as applicable).
Bruker is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Certain positions at Bruker require compliance with export control laws. As a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export control restrictions.
