By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

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The Applications Scientist is responsible for generating high-quality scientific data and developing application-focused insights that demonstrate the value of Bio-Techne technologies across research and translational workflows. This role designs and executes studies that validate product performance, expand application capabilities, and support emerging research areas. Working closely with Product Management, Product Marketing, R&D, and external collaborators, the Applications Scientist translates scientific findings into evidence-based application strategies, technical content, and customer-relevant solutions. The position serves as a scientific subject matter expert, helping bridge application development, scientific communication, and commercialization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, execute, and analyze scientific studies, workflows, and experimental approaches that generate application data, validate product performance and support technology adoption.

• Develop application strategies and generate scientific evidence to address customer needs, emerging research, and market opportunities.

• Translate scientific findings into technical documentation, scientific publications, application notes, educational and promotional content.

• Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, R&D, and Commercial teams to support product development, launch readiness, application expansion, and commercialization efforts.

• Establish and maintain relationships with scientific collaborators, customers, and external partners to advance application development and scientific understanding.

• Provide scientific expertise and technical guidance, and application support to internal stakeholders and customer-facing teams.

• Partner with Applications Marketing and Product Marketing to communicate scientific findings and ensure application-focused materials accurately reflect experimental data and customer workflows.

• Represent the organization at scientific meetings, conferences, webinars, and customer engagements, serving as a subject matter expert for assigned technologies and applications.

• Monitor scientific trends, competitive technologies, and emerging research areas to identify opportunities for application innovation and growth.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Education:

•  Advanced scientific training in a relevant life sciences discipline or equivalent combination of education and industry experience. Preferred: PhD or Master's degree in a related field.

Experience:

• Up to 5 years of relevant industry, academic, or translational research experience.

• Experimental design, data analysis, scientific communication, technical writing, collaboration, project management.

Skills and Abilities:

• Presentation skills, stakeholder management, scientific literature interpretation, customer focus.

• Characteristics: Curious, collaborative, adaptable, results-oriented.

Working Conditions

• Laboratory and office-based environment.

• Frequent interaction with internal and external stakeholders.

• Travel up to 20% for customer visits, conferences, and training.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in laboratory and office environments.

• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods.

• Ability to operate laboratory equipment and computer systems.

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

• Ability to travel as required.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.

• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.

• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.

• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. 

• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.

• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.

This position requires work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status). If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or take part in any other stage of the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] for assistance.