Senior Electronics Engineer (m/f/d) – Optoelectronics

Berlin         ·          Permanent Employee, Full time 

Your mission:

NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH is looking to hire an organized, resourceful, and highly-motivated professional for the new position as Senior Electronics Engineer  (Scientific Software) in Berlin. We are looking for a team player who shares our passion for science, biomedical instrumentation and neurotechnology.

• You will design and implement innovative high-precision opto-electronic hardware for brain imaging using diffuse optics in the near-infrared range (fNIRS).
• You will work with an interdisciplinary team of engineers and optical physics and closely collaborate with our software team and product design team.  
• You are involved in requirement specification, implementation, test/validation and optimization of existing and new optoelectronic measurement instruments in NIRx’ product portfolio.
• You will work closely with NIRx’s Scientific Director of R&D, the Software Team Lead, the Product Design Team Lead, and our development teams.
• Your perspective is to take over the lead of 2-5 developers (technical supervision).

Your Qualification

• M.Sc. or Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering, embedded systems engineering, opto-physics or similar.
• More than 4 years of experience in development of optoelectronics.
• Strong competence in the development of optoelectronic circuits and layouts from circuit diagram to pilot series (experience with Pulsonix, Altium, Eagle, LT Spice or similar).
• Hands-on mentality in dealing with electronic components from soldering to handling the oscilloscope.
• Sound knowledge of microcontrollers, microcontroller periphery, and mixed-signal circuits is a plus.
• Proficiency in ANSI-C / C++ for firmware, Python 3 (scientific ecosystem numpy, scipy, pandas) and LabView is a plus.
• Good team-working, collaboration and communication skills, positive attitude .
• Independent, goal-oriented and structured working style. You take ownership of you work.
• High English proficiency, German is a plus.

Why Nirx

Joining NIRx, you can expect:

• A competitive compensation & benefits package, with employee wellbeing in mind. We aim to hire and retain excellent people. 
• We are committed to developing and promoting within the company. 
• A role with purpose, collaboration, and autonomy in a growing organization with transparent values, an inclusive atmosphere, and a shared-leadership culture. 
• Work in a driven international team of engaged and enthusiastic colleagues that supports leading scientists exploring new pathways for medicine to improve lives. 
• An inspiring, stimulating, and flexible work environment with dedicated resources for individual training and growth.
• Join a company group of US and Germany based companies with clients in 60 countries. Established 15 years ago and growing ever since. A financially healthy private business in the Neurotechnology market. 
• Flexible working times around core hours.
• Additional perks include: Free beverages and quality snacks. 

About Us

NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH is the market leader in optical brain imaging for top universities, researchers & leading industry partners. Founded in 2007, we focus on innovations in the fields of the most advanced, user-friendly, and reliable fNIRS research solutions. With a constantly growing, highly international team of 50+ dedicated professionals in Berlin (HQ), New York, and Orlando, we invent, design, and build cutting-edge neuroimaging instruments and software solutions. Together with our distributors, we consult and support leading life science researchers worldwide. 

How to apply:

NIRx is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We base all hiring decisions on non-discriminatory factors.

If you meet the skills requirements and wish to join NIRx, please submit your resume (and if applicable, also your work sample / portfolio) via our application page.