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Optics Engineer
Are you an innovative Optics Engineer with a passion for light-electron interactions? Join TMC Physics and drive cutting-edge R&D for next-gen microscopy and optical technologies!
We are a global high-tech consultancy company with a team of entrepreneurial engineers, scientists, and digital experts from around the world. Together we form a fast-growing and proud community. We offer consultancy services to high-profile clients globally in diverse service areas, such as:
- Technology & Engineering
- Energy & Renewables
- Life sciences & Pharma
- Digital & IT
About this vacancy
At TMC Physics, we are looking for a talented Optics Engineer to join our dynamic R&D team in Eindhoven.
As part of our team, you'll play a crucial role in developing high-power optical cavities for manipulating electron beams in Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs). Your expertise in light-optics and electron interactions will help shape the future of microscopy, contributing to advancements in life sciences, medicine, and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and validate high-power optical cavities for electron beam manipulation.
- Explore and expand the domain of light and electron interactions, merging optics with microscopy.
- Conduct tests and align new technologies with TEM applications.
- Collaborate on product development projects, creating requirements, test plans, and executing experiments.
- Drive innovation through technology scouting, intellectual property generation, and teamwork.
What we expect from you
We are looking for a hands-on, creative professional with the following qualifications and qualities:
- A degree in Physics or a related field (PhD preferred).
- At least 5 years of experience in optics product development, close to serial production.
- Practical expertise with lasers, optical systems, and cavity experiments.
- A proactive attitude and an innovative mindset for tackling complex challenges.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills, with proficiency in English.
- An out-of-the-box thinker, eager to learn, and unafraid of exploring new directions in technology.
What you can expect from us
TMC is an international high-tech consultancy company that brings expertise to their clients in order to support them with the realization of their technological challenges. As such, TMC is operating as an expert center at the disposition of its clients and we help them to be more competitive in an ever more global and faster changing technological world. At TMC we believe that people are the driving force behind technological innovation. That is why we want to create the best possible conditions for tech talents to thrive in. We offer you a challenging and stimulating work environment in which you can be the director of your own career. As an Employeneur you are part of our TMC family. Next to our outstanding technical expertise, fun and engagement are meaningful parts of our culture.
Full transparency. That’s it. For each of your projects, you know your hourly rate, your costs, and your individual performance-based profit sharing, all in order to stimulate your inner entrepreneur.
Our employeneurs are grouped in business cells based on their technical expertise. They are small, focused and function as high-grade knowledge networks. And as buzzing communities of close colleagues.
Every employeneur drives their own career. Together, we make a plan for personal and professional growth. Receive personal coaching and an extensive training budget to keep developing yourself and deliver outperformance at our clients.
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