CareerPlan

Electron Optical Engineer / Electron Optics Design Expert (f/m/x)

Oberkochen, DEFull-time2026-11-11 → 2026-11-14

Core

Design and optimize electron-optical columns for next-generation scanning electron microscopes and focused ion beam systems.

Role type

Senior IC electron-optical design engineer

Builds

High-precision multisensory measurement systems and microscopy solutions

Domain

Physics / Electron Optics / Metrology

Required skills

charged-particle optics, electromagnetic field calculation, ray tracing, aberration analysis, numerical methods, scientific programming, C/C++

Preferred skills

SEM/STEM design experience, finite-element methods, boundary-element methods, mechanical tolerancing, vacuum system design

Technologies

C/C++, scripting languages, finite-element solvers, boundary-element solvers

Responsibilities

Design electron-optical columns (sources, lenses, apertures, deflectors, correctors), model electric/magnetic fields and trace electron trajectories, analyze aberrations and stability, develop scanning/focusing concepts, translate simulations to component specs, evaluate prototype performance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC