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As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
DESCRIPTION:
As a Sr Technical Support Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll provide advanced technical expertise and leadership in supporting our high-performance electron microscopy and analytical systems. Working with advanced scientific instrumentation, you'll resolve complex issues, support team members, and implement continuous improvement initiatives. This role combines remote and on-site technical support, working across global teams to ensure optimal system performance and customer satisfaction. You'll serve as a key technical liaison between field service, R&D, operations engineering, and customers, while contributing to new product introductions and development of technical documentation. Your expertise will help enable scientific discoveries as you support technologies that make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in technical support, service, or engineering role with complex analytical or scientific instrumentation
• Preferred Fields of Study: Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, Systems Engineering, or related technical field
• Comprehensive knowledge in Gas Chromatography.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across multiple disciplines including electronics, mechanics, vacuum systems, and software
• Excellent communication abilities in English, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated project leadership and ability to complete technical initiatives
• Demonstrated success in customer relationship management
• Strong problem-solving capabilities using structured methodologies
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across global teams
• Proficiency with remote support tools and digital technologies
• Valid passport and willingness to travel 5% of time.
• Experience with quality systems and regulatory compliance
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience supporting and developing team members
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies
• Additional language skills are an asset
Skills Required
- Advanced degree plus 6 years experience, or Bachelor's degree plus 8 years experience in technical support, service, or engineering with analytical/scientific instrumentation
- Comprehensive knowledge in Gas Chromatography
- Strong troubleshooting skills across electronics, mechanics, vacuum systems, and software
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Demonstrated project leadership and ability to complete technical initiatives
- Demonstrated success in customer relationship management
- Strong problem-solving capabilities using structured methodologies
- Proficiency with remote support tools and digital technologies
- Valid passport and willingness to travel approximately 5% of the time
- Experience with quality systems and regulatory compliance
- Experience supporting and developing team members
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies
- Preferred fields of study: Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, Systems Engineering, or related technical field
- Additional language skills
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
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 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.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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