Field Service Engineer, Electron Microscopy, Washington DC Metro

Job overview

The Field Service Engineer role is based in the Washington, DC metro area, with office work between trips and a territory across the eastern United States. The posting states a $90,000–$110,000 base salary and approximately 50% travel, including occasional weekend travel and periodic international training trips. The role supports an established provider of electron microscopy, surface science, and nanotechnology instrumentation. The engineer maintains, repairs, and troubleshoots electron microscopy systems at customer sites and performs depot repairs between travel weeks. The work helps customers in universities, government labs, startups, and corporations keep research instrumentation operating reliably.

What you'll do

• Perform preventive maintenance and onsite support
• replace electron sources
• rebuild and maintain pumps
• complete mechanical alignments, detector and software upgrades, and troubleshooting
• perform depot repairs
• communicate with customers and prepare service reports
• travel across the eastern United States and attend training trips.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

field service engineer

electron microscopy

washington dc metro

iris scientific

sem

instrumentation repair

preventive maintenance

customer sites

50% travel

eastern us territory

$90k–$110k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, and 401(k).

Why this role

The posting welcomes experienced field service engineers and hands-on instrumentation builders; full training is provided for SEM systems. U.S. citizenship is required for government laboratory site access.

About the employer

Iris Scientific Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance. Sector: 81.