Senior Principal Application Scientist (m/f/d)

The role of Principal Application Scientist works with a team of scientists who collaborate with clients through all phases of a project's life cycle. It is part of a cross‑functional team with the development and support teams to build new client opportunities, deliver projects, and grow Dotmatics business and scientific reputation. The customers solve complex automated analytical chemistry (chromatography / Mass Spectrometry) projects across a wide range of laboratory workflows. The role requires self‑drive and collaboration as the entire team is remotely based and spread across many time zones, as are our industry partners.

Role Functions

• Contribute to business development, project realization, project delivery, and post‑delivery training and support activities.
• Collaborate with clients to understand and capture the scope of existing and new projects.
• Understand the highly adaptable capabilities of our current solutions and workflows and apply these in the context of new project opportunities. Translate customer‑requested functionality and workflow gaps and capture these into project delivery requirements that are understandable to our internal development and support teams.
• Collaborate with our development team on project customization and core product development.
• Contribute to the product and automated solution workflow roadmaps of the business.
• Contribute and help drive our growing scientific and business presence in the industry.
• Assist our support team in solving more challenging customer support calls and requests.
• Be a mentor, source of expertise, and communicator, adapting to different levels of technical familiarity with the people with whom we work internally and externally.
• Travel to and participate in scientific conferences and onsite customer activities.

Skills and Abilities Required

10+ years of hands‑on instrument experience in chromatography and mass spectrometry applications. Ideally hold a PhD, but open to a Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree with significant experience in the field/relevant scientific domain, with proven expertise in laboratory workflows. Prior automation experience, knowledge of Virscidian applications, and familiarity with instrument/robotics hardware are highly desirable. Advanced analytical skills, problem‑solving, great attention to detail, and cross‑functional teamwork and communication in all forms of presentation.

Specific Skills

• Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (LC and/or GC).
• Experience in one or more Analytical Chemistry workflows: Purification, Direct to Biology (D2B), High Throughput Experimentation (HTE), Affinity Screening Studies, or MS‑Based DMPK / Bio‑assays.
• Project Management Experience.
• Working in a global setting.
• Leading/delivering internal and external meetings and/or training sessions.

You may also have

• Familiarity with informatics systems.
• Prior sales and business development experience.
• Prior software coding experience or familiarity with a preference in C#.