Scientific Visual would like to reinforce its research and innovation team. We are looking for candidates with a Ph.D. in Physics, Material Science or Engineering, willing to work in Swiss high-tech company.

Summary

We are seeking a genius engineer with research background to shape out next generation of scientific instruments. Beginning with our proprietary IP for defect analysis with tomography systems, you will be designing and building crystal scanners that cover new materials in our product line. The scanner functionalities are related to the defect visualization in crystals and optical items.

Mission / Responsibilities

• you will be a key part of a small, highly performing product development team at our office in Lausanne, Switzerland
• involved from the very beginning of the product life cycle, building prototypes, guiding early-stage development and building a new instrument from the ground up
• adding new features, debugging and improving the instruments and interact regularly with our customers across the globe.

Desired Qualifications 

• Holding a Ph.D. in physics, crystallography, material science or engineering
• Hands-on experience in product development in a field related to instrumentation, preferably in the EU area to be familiar with business practices
• Experience in signal acquisition in the visible and non-visible range and optics is a strong plus
• Good knowledge of programming in Python and C/C++
• Strong analytic and synthetic skills
• Very good knowledge of English. French or German is a plus.

We offer you 

• Ambitious, exciting task in a high-growth, high-performance environment
• Permanent work contract   
• Compensation package according to Swiss standards

For this full-time position based in Lausanne we are looking for French and English speaking candidate who can start as soon as possible.

Required skills

• Background in robotics, microtechnology, knowledge of machine vision
• Experience in managing an engineering team
• Knowledge of 3D CAD software
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – you will be required to manage external relationships with customers and suppliers
• Capable of understanding concepts rapidly, handle issues pragmatically, be at ease with working within broadly defined responsibilities. We value mindset and experience over formal training.
• English and French at high level
• Swiss or C / B Permit

Good to have

• German language
• Python
• Knowledge in optics or chemical engineering

You will

• Supervise engineering team
• Co-develop and engineer new products and new generations of existing products.
• Lead the research, development and technical product support
• Improve technical aspects of the business
• Collaborate with outside engineering teams. You must be able to effectively communicate your design and be able to discuss technical details with the outside team members.
• Be primary point of technical contacts for customers, suppliers and regulatory offices.
• Work closely with software developers on software-hardware interface. This requires knowledge of the C programming language, and CAD design software such as SolidWorks.

Scientific Visual would like to reinforce its research and innovation team through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship program (MSCA IF). We are looking for candidates with a Ph.D. in Physics, Material Science or Engineering, willing to work in Swiss high-tech company.

Summary

We are seeking a genius engineer with research background to shape out next generation of scientific instruments. Beginning with our proprietary IP for defect analysis with tomography systems, you will be designing and building crystal scanners that cover new materials in our product line. The scanner functionalities are related to the defect visualisation in crystals and optical items.

Mission / Responsibilities

• you will be a key part of a small, highly performing product development team at our office in Lausanne, Switzerland
• involved from the very beginning of the product life cycle, building prototypes, guiding early-stage development and building a new instrument from the ground up
• adding new features, debugging and improving the instruments and interact regularly with our customers across the globe.

Desired Qualifications 

• Holding a Ph.D. in physics, crystallography, material science or engineering by application date, which is September every year (MSCA Fellowship requirement)
• Less than 3 years of living in Switzerland in the past 5 years (MSCA Fellowship requirement). *NB: If you are currently living/working in Switzerland for less than 3 years, you satisfy this condition.    
• Hands-on experience in product development in a field related to instrumentation, preferably in the EU area to be familiar with business practices
• Experience in signal acquisition in the visible and non-visible range
• Good knowledge of programming in Python and C/C++
• Strong analytic and synthetic skills
• Very good knowledge of English. French or German is a plus.

We offer you 

• Ambitious, exciting task in a high-growth, high-performance environment
• Permanent work contract   
• Compensation package according to Swiss standards

Selection process 

This position is to be financed by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (MSCA IF), see details at https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en. The preference will be given to candidates having high score on its eligibility criteria, and we expect your active participation in the application process.  The selected researchers will be contacted for an MSCA Fellowship development and training opportunity. We will support the candidate to prepare and submit the proposal. The candidates, whose proposal will be accepted by EU, will work with the research and innovation team of Scientific Visual. 

Job application deadline: September of the current year

Starting: Q1 next year