Applications Scientist (Environmental and Food Testing)

About the role

The Applications Scientist supports sales, marketing, and customer success in environmental and food testing markets. This hands-on role requires experience with analytical sample preparation, LC/MS or GC/MS workflows, and complex matrices such as water, wastewater, soil, food, and agricultural products.

Responsibilities

• Scientific Content Generation:
  • Develop and optimize sample preparation methods for environmental and food testing applications, including PFAS, pesticides, mycotoxins, PAHs, PCBs, oil and grease, and other regulated or emerging contaminants.
  • Create application notes, white papers, posters, blogs, protocols, and presentations that support customer workflows and commercial campaigns.
• Support customers through troubleshooting, workflow optimization, product demonstrations, and training.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
  • Working closely with sales, marketing, customer service, and R&D teams.
  • Cross-functional collaborations to align workflows and strategies.
• Company representation and Market insights:
  • Showcase technical expertise by delivering engaging presentations, leading training sessions, and facilitating workshops for Biotage at Scientific meetings and tradeshows as well as our internal teams.
  • Leveraging scientific expertise and product knowledge to inform and aid Biotage Marketing teams develop effective marketing strategies and product positioning.
• Training and Communication:
  • Frequent interaction with customers and collaborators to provide technical expertise and gather meaningful insights.
  • Sharing standard processes and insights gained from application development and research and providing actionable recommendations for the use of Biotage products in new markets and application areas.

Qualifications and Training

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, food science, chemistry, biochemistry, or related field; master’s or Ph.D. preferred.
• 3+ years in method development, application development, or customer support for environmental, food, agricultural, or applied testing labs; LC/MS/MS, LC-HRMS, GC/MS, or GC/MS/MS experience preferred.
• Hands-on sample preparation experience with complex matrices; SPE, SLE, QuEChERS, clean-up, evaporation, and automation experience preferred.
• Knowledge of environmental and food testing workflows, including PFAS, pesticides, mycotoxins, PAHs, PCBs, oil and grease, SVOCs, or other regulated and emerging contaminants; familiarity with EPA, FDA, ISO.