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About the Role

As a Hardware & Automation Field Application Scientist (FAS) within BioProduction, you will be a trusted technical partner to biotechnology and biopharmaceutical customers across the UK and Nordic region. You will work primarily with process development, MSAT, operations and manufacturing teams, helping them evaluate, implement and adopt technologies that improve bioprocess performance. You will support bioprocess workflows spanning upstream and downstream activities, with a focus on hardware, single-use technologies and automation. You will connect process requirements with equipment capabilities, workflow integration and manufacturing needs, and help customers develop, scale, transfer, optimize and troubleshoot their processes.

Responsibilities

Act as a technical expert and trusted advisor for BioProduction hardware, single-use systems and automation, serving as an application-focused contact for customer process development, MSAT, operations and manufacturing teams.
Support workflow development and technology integration across upstream and downstream processing, with particular emphasis on upstream bioprocessing equipment and single-use systems.
Support customers with process engineering, scale-up and scale-down, technology transfer, process optimization and troubleshooting from development through manufacturing.
Lead or contribute to pre- and post-sales technical activities, including workflow assessments, hardware evaluations, proof-of-principle studies, demonstrations, pilot runs and technology qualification in regulated environments.
Troubleshoot process, hardware, single-use flow-path and automation issues; coordinate with Field Service, Engineering, Quality, Technical Support and other teams to support timely, compliant resolution.
Advise customers on effective use and integration of bioreactors, mixers, DynaSpin systems, single-use assemblies, fluid-management solutions and related technologies.
Conduct workflow consulting and structured process walks at customer sites to understand operational needs, identify improvement opportunities and align technical recommendations with customer goals.
Support Bioprocessing Development Center activities and other customer demonstrations, helping deliver clear, consistent technical messaging.
Develop and follow hardware and automation adoption plans with customers; agree measurable milestones such as time to first run and, where applicable, time to first GMP lot, and review utilization after implementation.
Deliver technical training and design or deployment workshops for scientists, engineers and operators, and support technology adoption from development through manufacturing.
Document technical engagements in Salesforce CRM and contribute technical input to account plans and risk-mitigation plans.
Work closely with commercial teams and cross-functional partners, including Field Service, Product Management, R&D, Quality/Regulatory and Technical Support, to understand customer needs and resolve technical challenges.
Gather and communicate Voice of Customer feedback to inform product roadmaps and support technical content such as application notes, white papers and case studies.
Represent Thermo Fisher Scientific at relevant conferences, workshops, seminars and webinars through workflow-based technical presentations and demonstrations.

Requirements

Strong practical understanding of bioprocess equipment and process-engineering fundamentals, including the interaction between bioreactor design, agitation, gas transfer, sensors, pumps, process control and the biological process.
Meaningful experience with single-use bioprocessing technologies, ideally including single-use bioreactors and associated fluid-management systems.
Ability to analyze process and equipment data, form and test technical hypotheses and systematically troubleshoot technical problems.
Experience communicating complex technical information and training, mentoring or advising others; strong collaboration and influencing skills.
Ability to work independently in a field-based role while collaborating effectively across functions and with customers.
Professional fluency in English and willingness to travel in line with customer and business needs.
Strong foundation in upstream bioprocessing and a process-engineering mindset.
Ability to connect biological process requirements with equipment capabilities, scale, controls and manufacturing constraints.
Ability to apply foundation across integrated bioprocess workflows and learn new platforms as customer needs require.
Meaningful experience across several of the following areas: Process development, Process engineering, Process optimization, Scale-up / scale-down, Technology transfer, Process characterization, Troubleshooting / root-cause investigation.

Skills

Process development
Process engineering
Process optimization
Scale-up / scale-down
Technology transfer
Process characterization
Troubleshooting / root-cause investigation
Bioprocess equipment
Process-engineering fundamentals
Single-use bioprocessing technologies
Single-use bioreactors
Fluid-management systems
Process and equipment data analysis
Technical hypothesis formation and testing
Systematic technical problem-solving
Communicating complex technical information
Training
Mentoring
Advising
Collaboration
Influencing skills
Independent work
Field-based role
Cross-functional collaboration
Customer collaboration
English fluency
Travel willingness
Upstream bioprocessing
Process-engineering mindset
Integrated bioprocess workflows
Learning new platforms
Production-scale upstream or downstream bioprocess equipment
Broad single-use experience
Fluid paths
Bags
Tubing assemblies
Connectors
Filters
Sensors
Process control
Automation
Control strategies
PID/control loops
Recipe development
HMI systems
Scripting
Automation troubleshooting
Learning new automation systems
Commissioning and qualification activities
FAT/SAT
IQ/OQ/PQ
URS
P&IDs
Batch records
Qualification protocols
Mammalian cell culture
Fed-batch
Perfusion
GMP manufacturing
MSAT
Process development
Technology transfer
CQV
Customer-facing technical support
cGMP principles
Regulatory expectations
FDA guidance
EMA guidance
ICH guidance
Process analytical technology (PAT)
Design of experiments (DoE)
Quality by design (QbD)
ASME-BPE standards
Risk-based extractables and leachables assessments
Data-analysis tools
Excel
JMP
Technical writing
Salesforce CRM
Activity tracking
Engagement tracking
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Four I values
Integrity
Intensity
Innovation
Involvement
Upstream process experience
Bioreactor experience

Location

UK
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Iceland
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Europe
United States

Work Type

Field-based
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Experience Level

50 L or above experience
Experience in one or more of the following would be particularly valuable

Education Level

Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Bioengineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience.

About the Company

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.