About the role
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.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Associate Research Scientist (Instrument Control & Acquisition) is responsible for driving innovation in scientific technology by developing and validating novel hardware and software methodologies, contributing to research project execution, and identifying opportunities for product improvement. The position also involves applying advanced scientific knowledge—particularly in instrumentation, machine learning, 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:
- Enable the testing and development of novel hardware to improve performance for customer workflows
- Define novel methodologies to verify or validate different aspects of hardware/software under the mentorship of more senior scientists
- Drive innovation by generating novel ideas to advance scientific technology
- Identify and implement opportunities for product improvement within a defined research area
- Contribute to on-time delivery of different research projects and translate development or scientific risks into a tangible research plan
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Higher level science degree in a related field such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or similar (Ph.D. preferred)
- Broad background and knowledge of instrument control, machine learning, and software development
- Proven publication record within the field related to enabling novel instrumentation
- Experience with analytical instrumentation
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Demonstrated experience implementing AI / ML algorithms to solve scientific problems
- Ability to work independently
- 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.
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.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to access our website, and as applicable participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at 1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.
About SCIEX
SCIEX helps to improve the world we live in by enabling scientists and laboratory analysts to find answers to the complex analytical challenges they face. The company's global leadership and world-class service and support in the capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry industry have made it a trusted partner to thousands of the scientists and lab analysts worldwide who are focused on basic research, drug discovery and development, food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.
With over 50 years of proven innovation, SCIEX excels by listening to and understanding the ever-evolving needs of its customers to develop reliable, sensitive and intuitive solutions that continue to redefine what is achievable in routine and complex analysis. For more information, please visit www.sciex.com.
About the role
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.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Associate Research Scientist (Instrument Control & Acquisition) is responsible for driving innovation in scientific technology by developing and validating novel hardware and software methodologies, contributing to research project execution, and identifying opportunities for product improvement. The position also involves applying advanced scientific knowledge—particularly in instrumentation, machine learning, 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:
- Enable the testing and development of novel hardware to improve performance for customer workflows
- Define novel methodologies to verify or validate different aspects of hardware/software under the mentorship of more senior scientists
- Drive innovation by generating novel ideas to advance scientific technology
- Identify and implement opportunities for product improvement within a defined research area
- Contribute to on-time delivery of different research projects and translate development or scientific risks into a tangible research plan
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Higher level science degree in a related field such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or similar (Ph.D. preferred)
- Broad background and knowledge of instrument control, machine learning, and software development
- Proven publication record within the field related to enabling novel instrumentation
- Experience with analytical instrumentation
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Demonstrated experience implementing AI / ML algorithms to solve scientific problems
- Ability to work independently
- 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.
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.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to access our website, and as applicable participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at 1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.
About SCIEX
SCIEX helps to improve the world we live in by enabling scientists and laboratory analysts to find answers to the complex analytical challenges they face. The company's global leadership and world-class service and support in the capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry industry have made it a trusted partner to thousands of the scientists and lab analysts worldwide who are focused on basic research, drug discovery and development, food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.
With over 50 years of proven innovation, SCIEX excels by listening to and understanding the ever-evolving needs of its customers to develop reliable, sensitive and intuitive solutions that continue to redefine what is achievable in routine and complex analysis. For more information, please visit www.sciex.com.