Field Application Scientist

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Genedata, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact—innovating at the speed of life. The biopharmaceutical industry is undergoing a transformation, requiring advanced digitalization to adopt data‑ and AI‑driven approaches and develop innovative therapies quicker.

Genedata’s market‑leading enterprise software fuels this transformation by enabling leading biopharma, biotech, and contract research as well as contract development and manufacturing organizations worldwide to automate processes and leverage data analytics and AI, so they can deliver breakthrough therapies to patients faster. Join us and help scientists around the world accelerate the pace of biopharma R&D. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Field Application Scientist within the Genedata Screener® business unit is responsible for providing scientific expertise and technical support for our customers. You will investigate customer workflows and IT infrastructures to understand their needs, design solutions, and manage projects to deliver these solutions. You will also support our sales team with product expertise, scientific presentations, and software demonstrations. This position reports to a Screener Manager and is part of the Screener Business Unit located in Lexington, MA and will be an on‑site role.

• Provide software demonstrations, training, and technical support
• Identify customer needs and map them to the capabilities of Genedata Screener
• Deliver scientific consulting and professional services for customer projects
• Act as interface between our internal teams and customer’s cross‑functional partners including scientific and IT partners
• Propose, plan, execute, and manage internal and external projects, such as scientific consulting, software implementation, and requirements analysis projects

• An advanced degree (Ph.D. or M.Sc.) in a life science field that is relevant to the biotech and biopharma industry
• Experience with assay data analysis, preferably in a pharmaceutical/biotech environment
• Effective communication skills combined with the ability to work confidently across a range of functions—from IT to scientific stakeholders—at all levels of seniority
• Proven success in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and in cross‑functional team environments
• Must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

• Up to 20% travel is required within North America and occasional travel to Europe.

• Experience with a scripting language (ideally Python) and basic familiarity with UNIX shell environment.
• Experience from industry or academia within a drug discovery or drug development setting.

Genedata, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000 to $100,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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