R&D Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

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

Job Description

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.

Description

Join our innovative R&D team at the Cheseaux site, specializing in Optical Emission and XRF-XRD Spectroscopy, to make a meaningful impact on scientific advancement, working on sophisticated projects that directly impact product development and customer success. As an R&D Engineer, you will play an important role in the development of next generation of products, and new applications for Spark Optical Emission spectrometers. You will actively participate to the life cycle of the instruments and applications, by sustaining our internal/external customers when a deep analytical knowledge is requested.

Responsibilities

• Participate in development of new product and technology concepts and specifications with multidisciplinary teams
• Participate in testing, validation and optimization of new products and technologies in collaboration with other R&D functions
• Develop new applications for existing and new instruments, and provide all the necessary technical information and documentation to Operations, Service and Marketing teams
• Design, execute experiments and analyze the resulting data to resolve technical challenges
• Demonstrate leadership and willingness for continuous improvement
• Once experienced, lead one workstream of an innovative technical project
• Provide analytical support for existing products and applications, to Operations, Service, Marketing, Sales, and Customers, when a deep analytical expertise and a perfect knowledge of the instruments is required
• Mentor colleagues (as new hired or less experienced colleagues)

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent degree, plus minimum 3 years of cumulative technical experience
• Preferred fields of study: chemistry, physics, material science, geology or related discipline
• Demonstrated expertise in laboratory techniques and instrumentation, ideally with spectroscopic techniques and solid-state image sensors (CCD, CMOS, CID, etc.)
• Proven experience in problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills, with ability to design experiments and interpret complex data
• Proficiency with relevant software and data analysis tools (such as advanced Excel and macros, Python, Matlab, etc.), and good knowledge of statistics. Knowledge of AI tools is a plus
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks
• Excellent documentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities to present technical information to diverse audiences
• Experience leading technical projects, and ideally mentoring colleagues
• Proficient in English, knowledge of French is a plus
• Knowledge in metallurgy is a plus
• May require travel <20%

This job description does not describe all the duties, tasks and responsibilities which need to be performed in the function. Any other job-related instructions, duties, tasks or responsibilities which are requested by the team leader or manager are required to follow.

As for any job in the company, it is requested to observe, apply with common sense, and promote the best practices related to Quality, Customer Orientation, Safety, Health, and Environment, and to report gaps, deviations, and dangerous situations.