As a Process Analytical Chemist at Thermo Fisher, you will join a team of dedicated Scientists, Engineers and Technicians working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges and drive technological innovation in the fields of process chemistry and gas analysis! The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of analytical chemistry and instrumentation and an appreciation of how new technologies can support our efforts to detect and measure trace contaminants in a process gas stream and/or process emissions. In addition to driving development of innovative technologies, the Scientist will work closely with Marketing experts to be sure that new products meet both regulatory requirements and customer expectations.
What will you do?
- Lead R&D innovation efforts toward development of gas analyzers using diverse technologies such as tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS), RAMAN spectroscopy, FTIR and others!
- Plan and implement laboratory and field evaluations of sophisticated technologies acquired from outside parties, such as national laboratories and universities.
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary R&D team, including mechanical, electronic and software engineers to help commercialize select technologies developed in our laboratories or acquired from other sources.
- Provide technical input to the Product Management teams for better positioning of our technical solutions in the market.
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Salary: 47K to 54K$ on a nationwide average for Thermo Fisher analytical chemists, according to Glassdoor. Average plumber salary in Massachusetts: 79K$ (indeed data). Economics 101 strikes again. People with life science PhD's think higher of themselves. Reality has a way to keep them in their place.
ReplyDeleteReally? When I searched on Glassdoor for the same thing it told me $62K - $92K/yr (for employees all levels of experiences, not just those with PhD's)
DeleteI like being a chemist more than I'd like being a plumber. I do think that counts for something.
ReplyDeleteNot as much when you are staring retirement in the face...
DeleteLiving frugally in my 30s got less enjoyable when I didnt have the budget to fly to visit friends and loved ones, when I worried about paying for vet and medical bills, and when the housing I could afford was in more crime ridden places. The point isn't about plumbers per say, just that there are a lot of better paying options out there. I am so glad I left chemistry.
DeleteSounds like chemistry still lives rent free in your head. If you hate it so much why are you here?
DeleteI worked at a few different Thermo locations. Thermo was easily the worst-run company I've ever encountered at all locations. First of all, they're extremely cheap with routinely rationalizing that a year over year raise of 1% is considered good, and your bonus would be under 100% of your target bonus unless you were a favorite of your manager. They focus so much on cost reductions too, which to a point is nice and smart, but when you are bombarded with it daily to the point where you're almost ridiculed by your colleagues and managers if there's even a slight increase in spending on already-established processes.
ReplyDeleteAt all locations I worked at, there was very obvious favoritism by many managers and retaliation by some managers. At one location, they constantly (three to five times a week) and aggressively reminded us that we needed to work faster to deliver more work otherwise we'd get little to no yearly bonus. Also their medical premiums are also very expensive and provided higher out of pocket costs for prescriptions than my current company, whose medical coverage is also much cheaper.
In summary, I would never recommend Thermo as an employer unless you are extremely desperate. Roles in R&D and customer-facing roles are definitely a lot nicer to be in than manufacturing, process development/MSAT type roles. The hard scientists at this company are treated the worst though, unless you're a really "favorite" in R&D. To become a favorite, you need to be in every extra-curricular group you can join, even if it impacts your daily work. Everyone at this company favors you if you rub elbows with everyone else, otherwise, you'll never succeed there.