Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Technical Specialist

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About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to safeguarding lives with cutting-edge sensing and threat detection technologies.

Our arsenal includes advanced surveillance sensors, handheld devices, unmanned vehicles, lasers, and more solutions that increase operational effectiveness for warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense industry. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on life-saving solutions, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Job Summary :

Candidate is responsible for communication between sales, service, leadership, customers, and other team members, building and maintaining strong customer / channel / employee relationships.

Candidate is expected to maintain an exceptional working relationship with engineering, production, and service organizations.

Collaborate with supporting business groups to build out best practices to support customer needs.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities :

• Work with sales team, manage pre and post-sale support of customer expectations.
• Partner with the sales and service teams - implementing the Go-to-Market business development strategy for GC / MS products.
• Direct interface with customers on chemical detection and analysis using GC / MS. Provide assistance with method and application development and data analysis and interpretation, including reach-back support to review customer-generated data.
• Interface with team of method and application development scientists that provide support to internal and external customers.
• Provide feedback to marketing and R&D regarding application, hardware, and software features needed to stay ahead of changing market.
• Demonstrates ability to build and maintain positive and productive working relationships across a broad range of people and groups.
• Make sound, well informed, and objective decisions; perceive the impact and implications of decisions; commit to action, even in uncertain situations, that support accomplishment of organizational goals.
• Balances customer demands with sound business management. Can effectively match resources to the job and execute to meet business needs.

Job Qualifications :

• Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry.
• At least 3 5 years of experience with GC / MS method and application development strongly - preferred.
• Experience with GC / MS sample preparation methods for all phases of matter strongly - preferred.
• Customer support experience in chemical analysis and data interpretation.
• Experience in GC / MS qualitative and quantitative data analysis and interpretation
• Familiar with cutting edge technologies and applications in the area of chemical analysis.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Aptitude to understand and communicate scientific concepts, applications, and methods.
• Manage multiple tasks in a result-oriented, commercial environment.

Other Desired Qualifications :

• Work with sales, and business development along with potential / existing customers to identify and apply GC / MS for solutions to challenging chemical detection and analysis capabilities.
• Engage with customers to develop application protocols and method optimization for the utilization of GC / MS products into new market opportunities and enhancements in existing market applications.
• Author white papers, procedures, and technical bulletins on how to use GC / MS products for field and laboratory applications.
• Employ expertise to present and help train others on GC / MS usage and best practices.
• Experience with chemical analysis of sample mixtures in vapor, liquid, and solid phases.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.

S. Departments of State or Commerce.

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Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders.

Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.