Nirrin - Senior Field Application Scientist
Billerica, MA
Full Time
Mid Level
About Nirrin
Our small but passionate team is focused on integrating novel near-infrared sensors with other data sources to enable the next generation of biopharma manufacturing. We provide customer focused innovative solutions to the challenges faced by the biopharma industry as a whole. At Nirrin, we believe in fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment where our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
Role Summary
Key Responsibilities
Customer Evaluations & Demonstrations
- Plan, run and report customer evaluations, demonstrations and on-site experiments, from protocol design through results readout.
- Prepare for field visits in the Billerica lab: run test workflows, verify methods, and confirm systems are ready before they go to a customer.
- Analyze customer sample data and present results that demonstrate value for each customer's process.
- Partner with sales and marketing on opportunity strategy, evaluation scope and success criteria.
Customer-Facing Materials & Workflows
- Author application notes, procedures, workflows and training materials for customers and the field team.
- Feed field learnings back into product, documentation and process improvements.
Installation, Qualification & Support
- Install Atlas / Talos / RT systems and execute IQ/OQ/PQ protocols with defined acceptance criteria; record results and deviations and obtain customer sign-off.
- Support pre-shipment qualification so units are demonstrably fit for use before they ship.
- Deliver operator training and serve as an escalation and troubleshooting resource for field issues, coordinating with engineering and software.
- Work within Nirrin's ISO 9001 quality system, keeping evaluation and qualification records controlled and traceable.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Bioengineering or a related field. A PhD is not required; we weight hands-on experience over degree.
- 5+ years in bioprocess, including direct experience as a field application scientist or in a comparable customer-facing applications role at an instrument or bioprocess technology company.
- Proven track record running customer demonstrations and evaluations in the field.
- Hands-on experience with analytical instrumentation (spectroscopy such as NIR or UV, chromatography, or related process analytical tools) and strong wet-lab technique.
- Experience writing customer-facing technical materials, procedures and workflows.
- Self-starter who works independently at customer sites and represents Nirrin credibly with scientific and manufacturing users.
- Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites, up to 50%.
Preferred
- Experience supporting in-line or at-line process analytical technology (PAT) instruments in downstream bioprocessing.
- Familiarity with GMP, validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and ISO 9001 environments.
- Interest in helping build and grow a field applications team.
What Success Looks Like
- Customer evaluations run cleanly and convert into orders.
- Customers and the field team have clear, accurate materials and workflows to work from.
- Instruments are installed and qualified on schedule, with clean records and satisfied customers.
Base salary range: $110,000–$140,000, depending on experience.
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