R&D Lab & Instrumentation Technician; m​/f​/d

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.

Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

We are a research, development, and production site in Bremen currently with about 500 employees whose "high-end" measurement and analysis instruments (mass spectrometers) are used in research and science worldwide. Our innovative products in the fields of Life Sciences MS and Inorganic MS, as well as Trace Elemental Analysis, are among the leading products globally in their respective markets.

Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as an R&D Lab & Instrumentation Technician, where you will provide hands-on support for R&D laboratory operations and instrumentation. In this role, you will help ensure that analytical instruments, materials, samples, and data acquisition workflows are ready for reliable and reproducible measurements. Working closely with scientists, engineers, and cross-functional teams, you will contribute to efficient laboratory operations, instrument readiness, development activities, and the rollout of new solutions.

The R&D Lab & Instrumentation Technician supports daily laboratory operations by ensuring instruments, materials, and workflows are ready for reliable data generation. This role focuses on routine instrument support, solution preparation, data acquisition assistance, and documentation, enabling scientists and engineers to produce high-quality, reproducible results in a safe and efficient laboratory environment. This is an on-site Bremen role that includes regular work in the R&D lab and, when required, line-side support in production test areas during iterative development rollouts.

• Support readiness and uptime of laboratory instrumentation through routine checks, basic troubleshooting, and scheduled maintenance activities.

• Monitor system performance and document deviations that may impact data quality or reproducibility.

• Maintain sample handling systems and associated fluidics or interfaces through routine cleaning, replacement, and verification.

• Manage waste handling and disposal in accordance with laboratory procedures and safety requirements.

• Prepare routine solutions, standards, blanks, and reagents following established protocols.

• Maintain an organized and well-stocked laboratory, including consumables, materials, and calibrated tools.

• Execute routine data acquisition workflows as defined by established protocols or lab books.

• Set up runs, monitor progress, and ensure correct transfer, naming, and storage of raw data files.

• Support software rollout verification on lab and production test systems by performing…