Sr. System Design Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc allowed, Laboratory Setting, Office

Job Description

Department:

The Research and Development organization for Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs) is committed to develop innovative technologies, modules and software that enable us to deliver world class TEM microscopes for our demanding markets and customers.

With the ongoing developments in physics and industry the performance requirements of these TEM microscopes are continuously growing. In close collaboration with the Advanced Technology Development group and several strategic collaboration partners, we are striving to define the most advanced concepts and turn them into real products, with the purpose to enable our customers to make the world cleaner, healthier and safer!

Team:

The System Integration team is one of the Competence & Technology departments of TEM Solutions. The team consists of 12 enthusiastic engineers, specialized in microscope design, module integration and sample preparation. Projects support the company product and technology roadmaps in the domain of Material Science. Part of the team is based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and another part in Brno, Czech Republic. The job location is Eindhoven.

Position:

In the role of Sr. System Design Engineer, you will work on design and verification of a high-end Material Science TEM microscope, and integration of its modules and sub-systems. You will work closely together with a team of mechanical, electrical, software, mechatronics, dynamics, thermodynamics engineers, architects, project managers and multidisciplinary colleagues outside R&D like sourcing, operations, and service. The decisions made by yourself and your team will have direct business impact. Your challenge will be to find solutions for technological complex problems, meeting the needs of all different parties, combining short term goals with long term needs.

Key aspects of the role are:

• Ensure technical feasibility of proposed solutions, facilitate decision taking on technical issues together with the team
• Serve as the main technical contact for individuals in various fields and suppliers, providing mentorship on technical matters
• Coordinate activities, set priorities
• Lead and mentor the team, facilitate collaboration and team work
• Ensure the quality of work
• Learn from the architect and other team members and ensure the knowledge is sustained in the company and ready for use in the upcoming products

Qualifications:

We encourage candidates with following qualifications to apply.

• Master or PhD Degree in Physics, System Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• At least 8 years of proven experience in a similar role in the high-tech industry, preferably experience in the electron microscopy design
• Hands-on mentality
• Software programming skills (e.g. Python, Git, Linux, ) are nice to have
• Taking initiative, self-steering, self-confident and perseverance
• Eagerness to learn and flexible when circumstances change
• Combination of a strong analytical view with a pragmatic attitude
• Communicative and a phenomenal teammate
• Ability to switch between thinking on a high/conceptual and on detail levels
• Value oriented and ability to set and act according to priorities at the same time

Personal

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.