Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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:

Join the Environmental and Food Safety R&D team as a Product Application Chemist, where you will contribute directly to the research and development of analytical solutions supporting environmental monitoring and food safety testing. In this role, you will design, develop, and validate application methods using advanced analytical techniques, generating high-quality scientific data to support new product development and technology innovation.

You will work within a multidisciplinary R&D environment, collaborating with chemists, engineers, and scientists to evaluate performance, optimize analytical workflows, and ensure methods meet scientific and regulatory expectations. Your work will support the development of robust, reproducible applications addressing complex matrices, trace-level contaminants, and emerging analytical challenges.

As part of the R&D organization, you will contribute to technical documentation, internal knowledge sharing, and scientific publications, and may present results at scientific conferences. This role plays a key part in advancing Thermo Fisher Scientific’s environmental and food safety technologies through applied research and method development.

REQUIREMENTS:

Advanced Degree or Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 years of experience in analytical chemistryStrong knowledge of chromatography, mass spectrometry, microscopy or related analytical techniques based on position focusDemonstrated ability to design, execute and document scientific experiments and workflowsStrong expertise in chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS/LC-MS) for environmental and food safety applicationsHands-on experience with method development, optimization, and validation in R&D settingsExperience working with complex matrices (environmental samples, food, biological or chemical matrices)Knowledge of regulatory and standard methods (e.g. ISO, EPA, EFSA, AOAC) and method validation principlesExperience working in regulated R&D or laboratory environmentsExperience creating technical content including application notes, presentations, and training materialsStrong verbal and written communication skills with ability to present to diverse audiencesProject management capabilities and attention to detailExperience working effectively in cross-functional teamsAdvanced problem-solving and analytical thinking skillsProficiency with relevant software and data analysis toolsCustomer-focused mindset with excellent interpersonal skillsAbility to travel 25-40% for customer support, training and conferencesExperience with quality systems and regulated environments preferredFluency in English required, additional languages valuableDemonstrated ability to work independently and prioritize multiple projectsCommitment to values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement