Application Scientist in Abingdon

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Job DescriptionAre you ready to take your scientific expertise beyond the bench and make a global impact?

About Us
Founded in 2017 in Melbourne Australia, IonOpticks is already a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced columns for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) applications. The company is now expanding its global operations and establishing a centre of international business in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK.

IonOpticks is a values-driven organisation where we thrive together, pursue excellence, continuously evolve, and create lasting impact. This is an exciting time to join IonOpticks as we launch this new chapter in its already outstanding growth

What we are looking for
IonOpticks, a leader in proteomics and LC-MS technologies, is seeking an Application Scientist to join our UK team. This is high-profile lab-based role, in which working alongside other Applications Scientists, you’ll act as the vital link between product innovation and customer success—shaping the way our technologies are applied, adopted, and recognised worldwide. You will need

• Strong problem-solving skills when applied to complex workflows.
  
• To translate scientists’ needs into product solutions as well as taking technical solutions and translating them into benefits that scientists will embrace
  
• To be highly professional, an excellent communicator, and have credibility within the scientific community
  
  

Why join IonOpticks?

• Be part of a cutting-edge company revolutionising proteomics and analytical science.
  
• Collaborate with leading researchers and industry partners across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.
  
• Represent IonOpticks at major conferences and workshops, building thought leadership in the scientific community.
  
• Work in a role that blends technical depth, customer engagement, and real-world impact
  
  

Some of what you will be doing

• Developing and validating applications using IonOpticks’ products in proteomics workflows.
  
• Providing expert technical training, demonstrations, and troubleshooting for customers
  
• Collaborate with R&D to refine prototypes and influence product development.
  
• Building strong, lasting relationships with customers and research partners
  
• Working closely with functions across IonOpticks; R&D, Marketing, Sales and Production
  
• Keeping colleagues up to date on product enhancements and advances
  
• Approximately 70 of your time will be spent working in the lab, with the rest of yoru time with customers or representing IonOpticks at international scientific conferences and events
  
  

What skills or experience you will need for this role
This is a role for an experienced scientist. To thrive here, you must bring:

• Relevant experience in supporting scientists from academic and research institutions to analyse scientific data in proteomics or mass spectrometry.
  
• Hands-on expertise with LC-MS instrumentation and chromatography systems, including method development.
  
• A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or related field (advanced degree highly desirable).
  
• Proven track record of scientific communication—whether through conference presentations, workshops, publications, or technical training.
  
• Confidence to travel internationally and represent IonOpticks as a trusted scientific partner
  
  

Ready to Apply?
If you’re an experienced scientist looking to combine technical expertise with customer-facing impact—and to shape the future of proteomics—then we’d love to hear from you.

IonOpticks is committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We work to ensure that our working environment and our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments for people who have a or long-term condition during the interview stages of the process.

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