Role at a glance
- Job function
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Manufacturing & Skilled Trades Equipment Engineering & Maintenance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, plus 3+ years of hands-on technical experience with electronic systems, including installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating sophisticated analytical instruments such as SEM, TEM, FIB, or similar systems. A detailed understanding and extensive experience diagnosing and repairing ultra-high vacuum and high voltage systems, or similar systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
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Role Summary
The Field Service Engineer supports customers using electron microscopy systems in the Phoenix territory, with up to 50% travel. The role performs equipment installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and customer training.
What You'll Do
- Install sophisticated equipment at customer sites and test it to ensure it is working accurately.
- Conduct scheduled planned maintenance visits at customer sites.
- Diagnose and repair customer systems, including supporting customers and other field personnel, sometimes on short notice.
- Train customers and users on system maintenance and develop working relationships with customers and company personnel.
- Complete field service reports, provide product-quality feedback, and update system documentation.
- Identify and isolate outstanding system problems and serve as a subject expert and training resource.
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View full postingQualifications
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, plus 3+ years of hands-on technical experience with electronic systems and sophisticated analytical instruments such as SEM, TEM, or FIB. Requires experience diagnosing and repairing ultra-high vacuum and high-voltage systems or similar systems, customer communication skills, component-level troubleshooting, ability to read schematics, familiarity with UHV technology, English proficiency, a valid driver’s license, and ability to acquire a valid passport for regional and international travel.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience; 3+ years of hands-on technical experience with...
- Detailed understanding and extensive experience diagnosing and repairing ultra-high vacuum and high-voltage systems, or similar systems.
- Ability to deal effectively with customers; excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional working proficiency in...
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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Fluctuating Temps hot/cold, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.), Various outside weather conditions, Will work with hazardous/toxic materials, Working at heightsJob Description
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.
Location/Division
The Materials and Structural Analysis Electron Microscopy (M&SA EM) business enables customers to find meaningful answers to questions that accelerate breakthrough discoveries and ultimately change the world. The M&SA EM business designs, manufactures, and supports the broadest range of high-performance microscopy workflows that provide images and answers in the micro-, nano-, and picometer scales.
Territory: The ideal candidate will reside within the assigned territory (Phoenix, AZ), with a strong preference for candidates based in Phoenix, AZ within one hour of a major airport. This role requires up to 50% travel.
How will you make an impact?
Combining hardware and software expertise in electron, ion, and light microscopy with deep application knowledge in the materials science, life sciences, electronics, and natural resources markets, the worldwide Electron Microscopy employees are dedicated to customers' pursuit of discovery and resolution to global challenges.
Day to day activities include:
- Conduct on-site installation of sophisticated equipment and follow testing procedures to ensure accurate working order
- Conduct on-site scheduled planned maintenance visits
- Provide diagnosis and repair support for customers and other field personnel
- Cultivate and develop positive working relationships with customers, system users, and company personnel
- Travel, often on short notice, to customer sites to resolve problems or support other field service personnel
- Complete and submit field service reports
- Provide training to customers and users on system maintenance
- Provide feedback to product quality teams
- Provide appropriate input in writing updating and correcting various Thermo Fisher system documentation
- Provide guidance for various reports including identifying and isolating outstanding problems with the system
- Act as a subject expert and resource for training
How will you get here?
This position is ideal for an experienced service engineer wanting to be involved with a team with varied strengths and exposed to a constant variety of customer application areas.
Minimum Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, plus 3+ years of hands-on technical experience with electronic systems, including installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating sophisticated analytical instruments such as SEM, TEM, FIB, or similar systems.
- A detailed understanding and extensive experience diagnosing and repairing ultra-high vacuum and high voltage systems, or similar systems.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to deal effectively with customers
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills; must have a professional working proficiency in English
- Consistent record of fixing sophisticated systems and subsystems down to the component level
- Literate in MS DOS and Windows software environments
- Able to read and interpret schematics
- Familiar with UHV phenomenon and technology
- Must have ability to acquire a valid passport and travel regionally and internationally as required
- Must possess a valid driver’s license
- Physical requirements include the ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
About the company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Large Enterprise
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, providing a wide range of analytical instruments, reagents, and software solutions for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences research. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company enables customers to make significant advancements in scientific discovery and healthcare diagnostics. Thermo Fisher operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 80,000 people, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at enhancing global health and safety. Through its broad portfolio of brands and technologies, the company plays a vital role in accelerating life-changing research and improving patient outcomes worldwide.