Associate Staff Research Scientist

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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The Associate Staff Research Scientist (applications) is responsible for driving innovation in scientific technology by developing, evaluating, and improving novel mass spectrometry applications, contributing to research project execution, and identifying opportunities for product or workflow improvement. The position also involves applying advanced scientific knowledge—particularly in instrument control, AI, and software development—to support cross-functional research initiatives.

This position reports to Technical Director, LCMS Research, and is part of the Software and Applications Research Team located in Concord, Ontario, Canada, and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Identify existing and future customer needs and barriers and translate those into innovative research opportunities that solve valuable customer problems
• Work individually and/or as part of a cross functional team, mature research innovations into commercial technologies
• Act as an expert resource for other departments, including marketing, product development, product applications, software development and manufacturing in order to achieve company and research goals
• Represent the company at international conferences, customer meetings, and support marketing efforts as necessary
• Carry out technical evaluation of both internal and external business opportunities from an applications perspective

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Minimum of an M.Sc. in a related field such as Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or similar (Ph.D. preferred)
• More than 10 years of mass spectrometry experience
• Proven track record of research and innovation in the application of MS to solve problems within key application areas such as Life Science Research, Pharma, Food, and Forensics
• Proven publication record within the mass spectrometry field
• Track record of collaborations with thought leaders in industry and/or academia, excellent communication and facilitation skills, and deep analytical, problem solving, and innovation skillset

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Demonstrated experience implementing AI / ML to solve scientific problems and/or control instrumentation
• Proven track record of innovation and patent generation preferred

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is 130,000 - 150,000 CAD. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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