Applications Specialist

Job title- Applications Specialist
Job Type- Full time
Location – UK-Malvern
Role benefits - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package and more
Become part of making the impossible possible.
About the role:
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Applications Specialist to join our Malvern Applications team, someone excited by science, technology, and the opportunity to make a real impact for customers around the world.
In this role, you’ll work across a powerful and diverse portfolio spanning Malvern Panalytical and Micromeritics Instrument Corporation technologies. You’ll gain hands-on experience with industry-leading instruments such as the Mastersizer 3000 alongside the full Micromeritics range, including systems like TriStar, AccuPyc, FT‑4 Powder Rheometer, and advanced gas adsorption platforms.
Every day brings something new, you’ll support customers, Sales teams, and colleagues through engaging product demonstrations, tailored training sessions, sample analysis, and method development. Your expertise will help unlock insights for customers and ensure they get the very best from our technologies.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to deepen their technical expertise, broaden their product knowledge, and grow within a highly collaborative, supportive, and forward-thinking Applications team. If you’re curious, hands-on, and passionate about solving scientific challenges, this role offers the perfect platform to develop your career
What you’ll be doing:
Deliver customer demonstrations across Mastersizer 3000 and Micromeritics systems
Support Account Managers and Inside Sales with technically informed input on customer opportunities
Conduct sample analysis, generate clear reports, and present findings where required
Provide training modules for customers and internal teams, with increasing independence as skills develop
Perform laboratory measurements following SOPs, supporting method optimization as experience grows
Assist post‑installation applications support and troubleshoot application‑related issues
Collaborate cross‑functionally with Sales, Product Management, Customer Support, and the global Applications community
Maintain timely and accurate updates in Salesforce and follow MP QHSE and BMS processes.
About you:
Degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, Physics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geoscience, or related fields
Laboratory experience (academic or industrial)
Familiarity with particle sizing, gas adsorption, density measurement, or powder rheology advantageous
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to varied audiences
Fluent written and spoken English and French are required. Additional German language skills would be highly desirable and considered a strong asset.
Good organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks
Experience working with customers or in a technical support environment is beneficial
What’s in It for You
Join an ambitious, fast-growing international organisation with a collaborative, inclusive culture where your ideas and impact truly matter
Play a meaningful role in driving growth at a global leader committed to partnering with customers to make the world a better place
Be part of a globally connected team, with opportunities to collaborate across regions and influence initiatives at scale
Benefit from a comprehensive and competitive rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and success
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We provide market-leading, material characterization technologies for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories in the analytics of advanced materials.
We support our customers through their biggest challenges, from developing lifesaving vaccines to sustainable fuels. We wake up every day to delight our customers through innovation, high-quality solutions and workflows, and excellence in customer satisfaction.
We are a recognized leader for quality and insights in material characterization; winning customers with performance and keeping them with service. With more than 2,000 employees operating in over 20 countries across the world, and R&D sites in North America, Europe and Asia.
We are part of Spectris, a company which combines precision with purpose to equip customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. In 2025, Spectris acquired Micromeritics as part of Malvern Panalytical.