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R&D Engineer

Oxford💼 Full-time💰 $40,000–$40,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-02

Core

Design, build, and maintain next-generation mass photometry instruments using lasers, electro-optics, and microfluidics to measure single molecule properties.

Role type

Senior R&D System Engineer (Optics & Instrumentation)

Builds

Prototype optical microscopy instruments and high-tech instrumentation platforms

Domain

Life Sciences Instrumentation / Optics / Single-molecule Bioanalytics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Optical/electro-optics design, optical equipment alignment and troubleshooting, building new optics systems, complex data analysis (C/C++/Python/Matlab), system architecture definition, patentable IP identification

Preferred skills

PhD in Microscopy/laser optics/Nano-optics, experience in mass photometry implementation

Technologies

Lasers, electro-optics systems, 3D positioners, high speed CMOS detectors, microfluidics, C/C++, Python, Matlab

Responsibilities

Design and build prototype optical microscopy instruments; analyze complex data sets from custom hardware to evaluate performance; define technical specifications and requirements for new designs; integrate new modules into broader technology platforms; identify patentable intellectual property

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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