What are the responsibilities and job description for the Liquid Handling Field Applications Scientist - Southeast Territory position at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences?
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The Field Applications Scientist, Liquid Handling is responsible to work 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 Specialist, you will be in charge of 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 applications related questions.
This position reports to the Southeast 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 US Southeast region.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Provide applications support across multiple scientific subject areas including drug discovery and genomics.
Understand the scope of customer projects and be able to build, adapt, and optimize liquid handling and automation protocols to improve customer workflows.
Provide customer training and support; maintain positive customer relations.
Pair up with the Sales team to provide high-level customer support before, during, and after a sale and serve as scientific and technical resource.
Troubleshoot and diagnose technical problems and serve as a liaison with internal customer support teams as needed.
The essential requirements of the job include:
Ph.D. in life science or a relevant field, or Master’s degree in life science or relevant field with 2 years of direct industry experience, or Bachelor’s degree in relevant field with 5 years of direct industry experience.
Minimum of 3 years of laboratory assays involving: Compound screening, Proteomics, Biologics, Molecular biology, and/or Assay Miniaturization.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in either sales or field applications.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
Ability to travel – up to 70% travel, overnight, domestic and international travel, when required, sometimes on short notice.
Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
A previous experience of technical or application support within a Diagnostic or Life Science Company would be beneficial.
At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences can provide.
*****Must reside in Atlanta, GA Metropolitan Area or able to relocate*****
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