Staff Engineer, Electron Optics

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Are you passionate about innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? Thermo Fisher Scientific invests over $1 billion annually in R&D. Join us to tackle the world's toughest challenges, such as giving hope to cancer patients, ensuring safe drinking water, and assisting law enforcement with forensics. We empower our teams to turn science into action and provide our R&D colleagues with the autonomy, resources, and tools to go beyond.

Electronic microscopes are the most sophisticated laboratory instruments that are used today. These tools and our software applications are used by scientists and engineers in life science, material sciences and semiconductor industry, indirectly affecting our life in many aspects.

The Design & Integration team is a pillar of the Material Science Research and Development organization. They are part of the Engineering team responsible for developing SDB and TEM microscopes. The team works in multi-disciplinary teams across multiple sites in Europe. This job is located in the Eindhoven offices.

Our team members are very proud of their contributions to provide solutions for our customers that enable them to make our world cleaner, healthier and safer.

In the role of Staff Engineer, you will work on electron optical design and verification of high-end Material Science TEM microscopes. You are going to work closely together with a multidisciplinary team of colleagues from inside as well as outside R&D. The design choices made by yourself and the project team will have direct business impact. Your challenge will be to find solutions applying innovative physics & engineering knowledge with a strong emphasis on electron optics related to transmission electron microscopes.

• Defining new electron optics solutions, prototyping and implementation for an electron microscope product


• Ensure technical feasibility of proposed solutions, steer the decision tackling technical issues together with the team


• Validation of module and system specifications, including DoE, data analysis, solving issues and reporting ensuring customer success stories


• Be the main electron optics technical contact for individuals in various engineering fields and suppliers


• Working together with the Operations Engineering, and Global Technical Services to support the introduction of the newly developed modules into production


• Absorb and drive forward new optics modules and solutions

We encourage candidates to enjoy working in an international team, matrix organization, personal growth and development and team collaborations are key to success factors.

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment.

We encourage candidates with the following qualifications to apply.

• Master or PhD Degree in a technical field, preferably Physics, or Applied Physics. A strong affinity for Electron Optics (Charge Particle Optics) is a plus


• Shown experience (3+ years) in a similar role in the high-tech industry, preferably with experience in electron optics design and electron microscope operating modes


• Ability to bridge system architecture, module architecture with detailed design choices and willingness to operate on both sides of the V-model


• Hands-on mentality, with a drive for product development, value oriented with a realistic vision


• Taking initiative, self-steering and ability to influence, self-confident, and perseverant


• Software skills for algorithm prototyping (e.g. Python, Git, Labview, ) are advantageous


• Eagerness to learn innovative technologies and flexible when circumstances change, some travel may be required (less than 20%)

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key characteristics that we expect of all that are part of our community.

We offer personal growth and career development and benefits for a good work- life balance.