Regional Applications Scientist

Interested in joing our Applications team? Do you enjoy traveling and networking with customers?

TA Instruments Applications Organization is comprised of highly skilled, motivated and customer focused professionals that are technical experts on TA’s product lines. As an Applications Scientist you’ll join a team of specialists that are committed to ensuring TA’s world-renowned support for our customers who utilize our analytical instrumentation. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple disciplines including; Sales, Service, Product Management, and Engineering while engaging our customers both pre- and post-sale. Whether you are running samples, teaching training courses, giving technical seminars, or doing other tasks to support our worldwide business you’ll find new and exciting challenges daily.

• Provide Applications support for pre and post sales activities for the Rheology product line. This includes our Discovery Hybrid Rheometer series as well as the ARES and RSA product lines along with the DMA 850 instrument.
• Conduct feasibility tests to characterize customer samples and generate reports with appropriate data analysis to support sales efforts.
• Provide post sales training and trouble-shooting.
• Teach training courses, both lecture based and hands-on at New Castle and at customer sites.
• Provide technical expertise to customers by email, phone, and in person.
• Provide technical expertise for Sales Representatives assisting in the closure of business.
• Give technical presentations.
• Guide demonstrations both in the Applications Lab and at customer sites.
• Maintain applications lab facilities.
• Participation in conferences and tradeshows.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Rheology, Chemical Engineering,Materials Science, or related field
  • Masters or Ph.D. preferred. 

Experience:

• Relevant industrial experience preferred.
• Has a solid understanding of rheology, mechanical testing, and instrumentation.
• The ideal candidate would also have experience with thermal techniques (DSC, TGA, TMA).
• Prior experience with TA Instruments software and instrumentation preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel by both air and ground carrier.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.