Field Application Scientist Routine

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, 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.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.  With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Field Application Specialist Routine is responsible for delivering expert pre- and post-sales applications and technical support across Leica's advanced microscopy portfolio. Serving as a critical partner to commercial teams, the FAS drives customer success and revenue growth by enabling high-quality product demonstrations, application expertise, and solution differentiation.

The FAS works in close partnership with a designated regional team of Account Managers (AM), Product Sales Specialists (PSS) and the rest of the regional (CEE, UKI, South-West) Market Development team, operating as a unified account team to advance opportunities, strengthen customer relationships, and accelerate pipeline conversion. Through deep application knowledge, proactive funnel engagement, and customer-centric execution, the FAS plays a key role in achieving territory growth objectives.

This position reports to the Market Development Manager Routine and is part of the Sales-Market Development Team working remotely in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid area) to cover South-West Europe and not excluded rest of EMEA.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Deliver impactful product demonstrations and customer training that communicate value and accelerate opportunity conversion.
• Partner with regional sales teams to align account planning, pipelines, and commercial execution.
• Provide expert application, product, and software support throughout the customer journey.
• Advance sales opportunities through technical qualification, tailored imaging solutions, workflows, and high-quality application content.
• Ensure technical excellence and continuous improvement by maintaining demo readiness, resolving issues, applying DBS principles, and aligning activities with commercial priorities.

The essential requirements of the job include

• Strong expertise in optical microscopy and digital imaging, with hands-on experience in quality control, inspection, failure analysis, metallography, materials characterization, and industrial R&D applications.
• Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles, including application support, product demonstrations, workflow consulting, and training for industrial and regulated markets.
• Industry knowledge across sectors such as automotive, aerospace, defense, electronics, semiconductors, batteries, pharmaceuticals, and forensic science, with the ability to translate customer challenges into microscopy-based solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Materials Science, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Metallurgy, Electronics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with fluency in Spanish and English, and the ability to build strong relationships with engineers, quality managers, researchers, and manufacturing teams across international markets.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – list specifics 50-60% travel, overnight, within EMEA
• Must have a valid driver's license and an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR).

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Familiarity with Danaher Business System (DBS) tools and continuous improvement methodologies is an advantage
• Additional European languages are an advantage

Leica Microsystems, 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.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. 

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.

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