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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Applications & Support Scientist - **Company:** Axcend, Inc. - **Location:** Lehi, UT, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Application Notes, Data Systems, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Chromeleon, Model Validation, Break Fix, Legacy Systems - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Applications-Support-Scientist-Axcend-065896223097252/ ## About the Role + Education: PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related field - or MS with 3+ years of industry experience in analytical instrumentation. + HPLC depth: Hands-on method development experience with HPLC and LC-MS; comfort with reverse-phase and adjacent modes (e.g., ion-exchange, HILIC, normal-phase) appropriate to your application areas. + Scientific communication: Demonstrated ability to present technical work clearly - through publications, conference presentations, posters, or technical reports. + Customer-facing presence: Confidence and composure speaking with senior scientists, lab managers, and customer technical staff; able to handle tough technical questions without losing footing. + Commercial awareness: Understanding of the boundary between technical conversation and commercial conversation - instinct for when to dig in scientifically and when to bring sales back into the loop. + Curiosity and rigor: A researcher's mindset - you ask "why," design experiments to answer it, and document your work in a way others can build on. + Travel and location: Ability to travel approximately 50% both international and domestic. Must have reasonable proximity to a major U.S. airport. Preferred + Capillary or microflow LC experience: Direct hands-on work at the capillary scale is a major plus. + Industry experience in any of our markets: Pharma, biopharma, academic research, government or forensic labs, environmental testing, food & beverage, or industrial chemicals. + Method validation: Experience under ICH, USP, AOAC, EPA, or equivalent regulatory frameworks. + Specialized techniques: 2D-LC, high-throughput screening, reaction monitoring, intact mass / peptide mapping, or trace-level quantitation in complex matrices. + Data tools: Fluency with chromatography data systems (Empower, ChemStation, Chromeleon) and analytical scripting (Python, R) for data analysis. + Published track record in chromatography or analytical chemistry. + Network: Existing relationships in the chromatography community across one or more of our markets. ## Description About Axcend Axcend is an early-stage life sciences company changing how scientists do high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Our patented capillary-flow implementation of HPLC delivers meaningful improvements in portability, ease of operation, and instrument sensitivity - using a fraction of the solvents, energy, and bench space of legacy systems. Our Focus LC® platform, with accessories like AutoFocus and InFocus , serves customers across pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research, academic and government laboratories, environmental and food & beverage testing, and industrial chemicals - anywhere reliable, lab-quality chromatography is needed in the lab, in the hood, or in the field. We value practical innovation, integrity, and a hands-on, collaborative culture where people own outcomes., Axcend is hiring an Applications & Support Scientist to be the scientific face of our Focus LC® platform with customers, prospects, and the broader chromatography community. You'll develop methods, run demos, support customer onboarding, troubleshoot real-world applications, and represent Axcend at conferences and customer sites across our markets - pharma and biopharma, academic and government labs, environmental, food & beverage, and industrial chemicals. The role sits at the intersection of science and commerce. You'll work hand-in-hand with our sales, engineering, and applications teams to make sure customers get publication-quality results from our instruments - and that our instruments keep getting better because of what you learn in the field. This is a high-visibility, high-autonomy role for a curious analytical chemist who loves capillary-scale separations, enjoys talking science with other scientists, and can read a room well enough to support a sales conversation without overstepping it. What You'll Do + Develop and translate methods: Build, optimize, and translate methods on the Focus LC platform across diverse customer applications - small-molecule and biomolecule analysis, trace analysis in complex matrices, reaction and process monitoring, and quality control workflows - adapting conventional HPLC methods to the capillary scale to deliver lower solvent use, smaller sample volumes, and faster cycle times. + Run customer-facing demos and proof-of-concept studies: Demonstrate Focus LC performance against the customer's real samples and existing methods, in their lab or ours. + Support the sales process: Serve as the technical voice in the room - answer deep scientific questions during evaluations, frame Axcend's capabilities accurately and confidently, and know when to escalate commercial questions back to the sales lead. + Onboard new customers: Install method packages, train customer scientists, and provide hands-on troubleshooting during the first weeks of operation. + Provide ongoing applications support: Answer technical questions, troubleshoot challenging separations, and develop methods for new analytes as customers expand their usage. + Create technical content: Application notes, posters, white papers, and case studies that communicate Focus LC capabilities to scientific audiences across our markets. + Represent Axcend at conferences and industry events: Pittcon, HPLC, EAS, ASMS, and other meetings relevant to your accounts - present posters and talks, staff the booth, and build relationships with the chromatography community. + Feed customer insights back to engineering and product: Translate field observations into prioritized product, firmware, and method improvements. + Contribute to peer-reviewed publications in collaboration with academic, industrial, and customer partners., + A platform where your scientific work directly shapes a growing product line - your methods become product features, and your customer learnings drive R&D priorities. + Visibility across the chromatography community as the public-facing scientific voice of an emerging instrument company. + Direct collaboration with experienced engineers, chemists, and applications scientists in a small-team setting where ideas move from whiteboard to instrument quickly. + A clear growth path into senior applications, applications leadership, product management, or commercial roles as Axcend scales. + Participation in an early-stage company with real market traction. ## Related Videos - [Data Mining Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/802-data-mining-accessibility) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Geometric deep learning for drug discovery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/264-geometric-deep-learning-for-drug-discovery) - [When Agents Meet Legacy: Never Change a Running System](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100320-when-agents-meet-legacy-never-change-a-running-system) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) - [AX is the only Experience that Matters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1404-ax-is-the-only-experience-that-matters) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Quick guide: How to write a Software Developer CV](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/37-quick-guide-how-to-write-a-software-developer-cv)