Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will experience impactful work, forward-thinking, and a culture committed to doing the right thing for the right reasons, focusing on the customer. Our work matters by assisting customers in cancer cure research, safeguarding the environment, guaranteeing food safety, and providing COVID-19 solutions. As the industry’s leading science service provider with the largest R&D investment, our staff are empowered to achieve their full potential in a dynamic global organization that values passion and outstanding contributions. We are dedicated to offering resources and opportunities to colleagues globally, helping them make a meaningful impact while developing a rewarding career here.

Location/Division Specific Information

At Olink, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Innovation Centre develops next‑generation technologies and applications for protein biomarker discovery.

Discover Impactful Work:

We’re seeking a Staff Scientist to lead innovation from concept to proof‑of‑principle and who will play a central role in shaping our scientific and technological pipeline as well as bringing deep biological insight and strong customer understanding to guide innovation projects. This position is based in our Uppsala headquarters, reporting to Director Research & Development.

A Day in the Life:

Invent, develop, and evaluate technical/biological solutions aligned with company strategy and R&D roadmap.

Lead cross‑functional projects from idea to experimental validation (planning, timelines, risk, reporting).

Provide disease biology and customer use‑case insight to build technology, applications, and pipeline priorities.

Manage major Innovation Centre initiatives, coordinating resources across assay development, molecular biology, NGS/data, and product management.

Build robust experiments in disease‑relevant models and molecular mechanisms using high‑throughput, NGS, and single‑cell workflows where appropriate.

Plan, set up, and coordinate lab work, ensuring high scientific and data quality.

Interpret complex datasets with bioinformatics/data science and translate findings into clear decisions and next steps.

Conduct literature and horizon scanning to pinpoint emerging methods, technologies, and disease insights relevant to Olink’s platforms.

Benchmark internal concepts vs. brand new approaches and propose improvements.

Analyze, compile, and present plans and results to scientific and non‑scientific audiences.

Act as a scientific role model and thought partner.

Mentor scientists and research associates in experimental build, troubleshooting, and communication.

Help foster a creative, high-performing culture of innovation and grow team expertise in new modalities, technologies, and disease areas.

Qualifications:

PhD or equivalent experience in molecular or cell biology, systems biology, or bioinformatics.

5–10 years’ experience at Principal Scientist level.

Deep understanding of disease biology.

Strong expertise in high‑throughput methods from the proteomics and/or genomics field (e.g. NGS, single cells or multiplexed immunoassays.

If you’re a hands‑on innovator who thrives at the interface of biology, technology, and data—and enjoys leading complex projects—let’s talk!

The final date to submit applications is the 4th of January 2026. The role could be filled prior to this deadline.