Customer Service Engineer

Job Title Customer Service Engineer

Location(s) Boston

Our Customer Support Engineer is responsible for maintaining a high standard of professional customer support. In this role, the Customer Support Engineer will act as the face for the company, making sure our customer needs are met in a timely and efficient manner.

• Install, maintain, validate and repair Perkin Elmer and/or multivendor instrumentation at customer sites with bestin-class service
• Provide scheduled and unscheduled corrective maintenance for customers within a prescribed time frame and established maintenance protocols
• Deliver customer familiarization for instrument operation and maintenance
• Communicate service offerings including training, support, software, laboratory services products and field upgrades
• Partner with our customers to understand their analytical workflow and applications
• Support the local instrument sales representative(s) to help secure new instrument orders
• Provide service that helps to drive the sale of new service agreements, service agreement upgrades and instrument add-ons to existing service contracts
• Display exceptional written and verbal communication skills and actively interface with peers and customers
• Develop organizational awareness of other functional groups and product lines
• Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to the installation, warranty, and service agreement documentation standards
• Contribute to account profitability through efficient execution and service delivery
• Perform timely uploads and downloads of required service data to ensure the integrity of service system(s)
• Maintain assigned assets including: tools, test equipment (MTE), telecommunication equipment, assigned service parts inventory, etc.
• Proactively develop technical and soft skills to maintain and enhance Perkin Elmer’s value proposition to the customer
• Enhance Perkin Elmer’s product quality by proactively reporting improvement opportunities via the quality notification process
• Seek higher level certification through participation in company sponsored training & development offerings
• Complete all administrative tasks to include but not limited to time reporting, assigned training, etc.
• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.

• Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 2 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting OR Associate degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 4 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting
• You must have the ability to travel by air, vehicle and/or other means of transportation as business requires. Travel will vary depending on territory requirements and/or customer base.
• Must have a valid driver’s license. While performing the duties of this position you must always maintain safe motor vehicle operation.

• Experience in GxP environments is a plus
• The physical demands defined below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Two or more years in servicing/working on HPLCs
• Able to work on GC and GCMS systems is a plus
• Sound knowledge of or ability to service GC, LC, IR, UV, LCMS, IC and other…