Application Development Engineer; Team Lead

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Laboratory Setting, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

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.

The Semiconductor Business Unit provides solutions for customers in pathfinding, yield learning, and failure analysis. As a member of this team, you will work with companies on the edge of semiconductor innovation as they develop and characterize the processes that will lead to the technologies of tomorrow.

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As an Applications Development Scientist
, you will play a customer-focused role dedicated to developing and releasing innovative applications that deliver fast, reliable characterization solutions for semiconductor customers. Acting as the voice of the customer, you will bridge customer needs with Field Applications, Product Marketing, and R&D teams to ensure new product developments address real-world semiconductor manufacturing challenges. You will partner closely with customers to lead first adoption of new TEM solutions and validate their performance in advanced semiconductor manufacturing environments.

Partner directly with semiconductor customers to understand their application needs, process challenges, and technology roadmaps while serving as their advocate throughout the product development lifecycle. Lead first adoption programs for new TEM solutions, validate application workflows, collaborate with R&D and Product Marketing, and provide technical expertise across the organization. In addition, dedicate approximately 30-40% of your time to leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing applications team.

• Partner with semiconductor customers to understand application requirements and manufacturing challenges.
• Act as the customer advocate throughout the Product Management Process (PMP).
• Lead first adoption programs for new TEM products and applications at customer sites.
• Validate application workflows and collect customer feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with R&D to translate customer requirements into product specifications.
• Evaluate new application solutions and analyze test data to optimize workflow performance.
• Develop customer-centric application documentation, best practices, and marketing content.
• Support troubleshooting of software and hardware issues as an application expert.
• Provide technical support to Sales, Service, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and R&D teams.
• Contribute to workflow development, scientific publications, conference abstracts, and technical presentations.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members while driving engagement and performance.
• Travel internationally up to 25% as required.

• University degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) preferred.

• Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience using TEM instrumentation in semiconductor, materials science, or related industries.
• Experience with in semiconductor manufacturing, research institutes, or fabrication environments focused on process development, process control, or failure analysis preferred.
• People management experience, including performance management, coaching, and talent development, preferred.

• Strong expertise in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron microscopy applications.
• Proficiency in technology diagnostics, troubleshooting, operational optimization, and electron/ion microscope operation.
• Knowledge of…