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Associate R&D Engineer

Oxford💼 Full-time💰 $34,000–$34,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-02

Core

Design, build, and maintain next-generation mass photometry instruments using lasers, electro-optics, 3D positioners, and microfluidics to measure single molecule properties.

Role type

Associate R&D Engineer (Optical Instrumentation)

Builds

Prototype optical microscopy instruments and submodules for mass photometry

Domain

Bioanalytics / Optical Engineering

Required skills

Optical/electro-optics design, optical equipment alignment and troubleshooting, building new optics systems, complex data analysis (C/C++/Python/Matlab), mass photometry implementation

Preferred skills

PhD in Microscopy/laser optics/Nano-optics, experience in light scattering and single molecule bioanalytics

Technologies

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

Responsibilities

Concepting, designing, building, and troubleshooting prototype optical microscopy instruments; analyzing complex data sets from custom hardware to evaluate instrument performance; defining technical specifications and requirements for new designs; identifying patentable IP; collaborating with software developers and applications specialists

Seniority

Associate, hands-on IC

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