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When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs. With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.
Job Description
Perten, a PerkinElmer company, provides analytical solutions for the food and agriculture industries. With decades of expertise, we support customers worldwide with advanced technologies for grain, dairy, feed, food, and process analysis.
Our portfolio includes Near-Infrared (NIR) instruments, grain quality testing solutions, rheology analyzers, dairy analyzers, and process monitoring technologies designed to help producers ensure quality, optimize yield, improve consistency, and reduce waste.
Trusted by laboratories, grain handlers, millers, food manufacturers, and processors around the world, Perten combines reliable technology, application expertise, and dedicated customer support to help customers make smarter, data-driven decisions.
PerkinElmer is looking for a motivated, junior Application Specialist to accelerate growth of our Perten food analysis business. The successful candidate for this position will be expected to contribute on chemometric application work as well as sales support for the range of NIR and IR instruments in the food segment. As a company we aim to grow in the field of Process NIR measurement so experience in this field is beneficial.
This is an entry level role for a recent graduate who is interested in developing their Chemometrics expertise and supporting customers and colleagues around the world. You will be joining a very collaborative and supportive team of 8.
Responsibilities
Application Specialist: Help drive and support growth of our NIR instruments by developing and improving applications. Be a knowledge source for the product line applications and provide support and advice to the rest of the organization. Initiate calibration work, support, and lead application training to regional commercial teams. Test and validate new software, hardware features and solutions.
Application development: Be responsible for developing applications according to plan but also ad-hoc calibration for landing specific orders and contracts and improving performance for existing customers.
General support: Post- and pre-sales support including training our colleagues, customers and distributors.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other functions like R&D, Marketing, Product Management and Sales to drive application development. Support production for application related testing and trouble shooting.
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