Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
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.
Location: 100% on-site in Austin, TX. Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri). Environmental Conditions: Laboratory Setting.
The Scientist III, Laboratory Automation R&D, develops next-generation sample preparation workflows and enables new product innovations across Thermo Fisher's genomics and molecular biology portfolio. This role combines expertise in laboratory technologies and workflow development with scientific problem solving, providing the opportunity to work closely with multidisciplinary teams and external partners to develop novel sample preparation solutions that address emerging customer needs.
The successful candidate will bring strong experience with liquid handling systems and workflow programming while also demonstrating curiosity, creativity, and a passion for scientific innovation. Success in this role requires the ability to move seamlessly between hands-on wet-lab experimentation and technology development, using appropriate procedures to evaluate new concepts, generate feasibility data, and optimize sample preparation chemistries before translating them into robust, scalable solutions.
This position is embedded within a product development organization and requires flexibility to support a broad range of R&D activities based on business priorities. Successful candidates will be comfortable shifting between technology development, workflow innovation, scientific investigations, and product development activities as portfolio needs evolve. This role is focused on advancing new technologies and workflow capabilities rather than supporting routine testing, production operations, or high-throughput service activities.
Location: 100% onsite in Austin, TX
What you will do:
Lead technical investigations and technology evaluations to identify emerging laboratory technologies and workflow capabilities, establish platform attachment strategies, and advance next-generation genomics, molecular biology, and sample preparation solutions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to develop new capabilities and advance workflow innovation and platform integration initiatives
Partner with multidisciplinary teams to develop and evaluate various sample preparation workflows during early-stage feasibility and innovation projects, translating successful approaches into robust, scalable solutions. This role requires routine transitions between hands-on wet-lab experimentation and technology development activities
Design, program, optimize, and validate sample preparation workflows across multiple liquid handling platforms, including systems such as Tecan, Hamilton, Opentrons, Beckman Coulter, and other laboratory technologies
Develop workflow methods and protocols, analyze experimental data, troubleshoot workflow and instrumentation challenges, and generate technical documentation to support product development, technology transfer, and customer adoption
How you will get here:
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Texas is $83,300.00-$125,000.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.
All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.