What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Applications Scientist - Los Angeles position at Oxford Nanopore Technologies?
Job Description
Reporting to the West Technical Services Manager, you’ll partner with Regional Sales to provide high-quality technical expertise, consultancy, and representation for Oxford Nanopore solutions—driving successful adoption across academic, clinical, and biopharma accounts in Los Angeles and Greater Metropolita Area.
What You’ll Do
What you’ll bring
Certain roles within ONT are eligible for annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance.
Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, we also offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits to name a few.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We select and employ candidates only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, sexual orientation, military or veteran status. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact human.resources@nanoporetech.com
About Us
Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
Reporting to the West Technical Services Manager, you’ll partner with Regional Sales to provide high-quality technical expertise, consultancy, and representation for Oxford Nanopore solutions—driving successful adoption across academic, clinical, and biopharma accounts in Los Angeles and Greater Metropolita Area.
What You’ll Do
- Advise pre-sale: lead technical consultations, presentations, seminars, and in-field events at key accounts and conferences.
- Enable post-sale success: guide project planning, experimental design, sample preparation workflows, training (device and software), and downstream data analysis.
- Champion clinical use cases: support customers developing or validating clinical genomics assays; align on success criteria and timelines.
- Own the technical relationship: manage technical success plans for strategic accounts; remove adoption blockers and expand usage.
- Collaborate to win: work closely with Sales and Clinical Genomics Specialists on territory plans and evaluations; provide backup support to adjacent regions.
- Document & learn: track enquiries and outcomes in CRM; capture competitive intel and market trends; communicate insights internally.
What you’ll bring
- PhD in Life Sciences (or equivalent commercial experience in a customer-facing/support role).
- Strong hands-on lab background in genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology; theoretical knowledge of experimental design and sample preparation (e.g., DNA/RNA isolation, fragmentation, library workflows).
- Confident presenter and trainer with excellent troubleshooting, writing, and documentation skills.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment; systematic problem solver who communicates clearly and professionally with experienced researchers.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Salesforce (or similar CRM).
- Proficiency with data visualization/analysis and programming (R, Python—NumPy, pandas).
- Experience developing, validating, or supporting clinical genomics applications; familiarity with CLIA, and awareness of ASCP/AMT certifications.
- Familiarity with Linux for data handling/analysis workflows.
- Fluency in additional languages.
- Field-based in Los Angeles, supporting customers across Southern California.
- Preference for candidates located in Los Angeles.
- Up to 70% travel (including overnights). Valid driver’s license and ability to travel independently required.
Certain roles within ONT are eligible for annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance.
Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, we also offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits to name a few.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We select and employ candidates only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, sexual orientation, military or veteran status. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact human.resources@nanoporetech.com
About Us
Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
Salary : $97,000 - $122,000