Life sciences instrumentation and consumables for lab automation and diagnostics
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences operates a hardware and consumables business serving research and clinical labs with flow cytometry, liquid handling, genomics, centrifugation, and particle analysis tools. The hiring mix (sales and engineering leading, with meaningful support and manufacturing roles) reflects a company scaling both customer acquisition and product development in parallel, while active projects around product launches, new introductions, and Danaher playbook adoption signal operational consolidation and efficiency focus.
Notable leadership hires: Director of Transformation, Marketing Director
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences manufactures laboratory instrumentation, reagents, and consumables for research institutions, diagnostic labs, and pharmaceutical companies. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Indianapolis, the company operates across 1,001–5,000 employees globally, with R&D, manufacturing, and support functions distributed across the United States, Europe, Asia, and other regions. Core product lines span flow cytometry, automated liquid handling systems, genomic reagents, centrifuges, and particle counting instruments—with over 400,000 installed units worldwide. The business combines hardware sales with high-margin consumables and application support services; sales leadership indicates direct enterprise and institutional go-to-market channels.
Primary tools include Microsoft Office suite, Salesforce (CRM), Oracle and SAP (ERP), Power BI (analytics), Cornerstone (learning), and specialized instrumentation software (OrCAD, SolidWorks, CREO for design; HPLC/UPLC for lab automation).
Active hiring spans 15 countries: United States, China, India, Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, and Algeria.
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