Research associate Jobs in Ulm

Your mission

• Develop complete scientific instruments and prototypes, from initial concept through engineering design, assembly, integration and functional operation.
• Translate scientific performance requirements into engineering solutions, identifying physical constraints, technical risks and design trade-offs.
• Own the integrated engineering concept, ensuring that mechanical, fluidic, electrical, software and automation subsystems work together.
• Collaborate with scientists to evaluate system performance, interpreting experimental results, identifying engineering limitations and iteratively improving the instrument.
• Adapt and evolve existing instrumentation for new experimental applications, evaluating whether reconfiguration, substantial redesign or a new system offers the best solution.
• Work hands-on with prototypes, contributing to assembly, commissioning, troubleshooting during development and design verification.

Your profile

• Master’s degree in engineering with 4+ years experience building scientific or experimental instrumentation and designing complex fluidic systems
• Proven track record of developing an instrument from initial concept through design, assembly and functional testing.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects translating performance requirements into a fully working instrument
• Strong understanding of physical engineering principles and the ability to evaluate design feasibility, identify technical constraints and make informed trade-offs
• Hands-on approach to prototyping and experimentation.

Why us?

• Attractive compensation package, including a competitive base salary and stock options
• Key role in a highly advanced and fast-growing startup company
• Impactful product promoting better understanding and treatment of cancer
• International team, from over 30 different nationalities
• Positive work environment with open communication and a collaborative mindset
• Indefinite employment contract
• 30 vacation days
• Flexible working hours
• Annual health budget (Allianz bKV)
• EGYM Wellpass
• Relocation support

Contact information

Join us in making a difference! Submit your application to be considered for this exciting opportunity.

Any questions? Please contact:
Daniel Brenner
Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager
mail: careers@nvision-quantum.com

About us

NVision is innovating quantum technology with a unique approach - leveraging organic molecules to change lives for the better. Our platform spans from quantum signal enhancement that enables metabolic imaging today to quantum computing that could transform drug discovery tomorrow. Headquartered in Ulm, Germany, and backed by leading investors from the United States and Europe, we are now entering a phase of global commercialization and expansion.

With our POLARIS product line, we are extending the capabilities of standard MRIs to enable real-time metabolic imaging, transforming how diseases are detected, understood, and treated. Our work sits at the intersection of physics, engineering, chemistry, and medicine - translating cutting-edge science into clinical reality. We collaborate with leading academic and clinical partners worldwide, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Technical University of Munich, and the University of Cambridge.

At NVision, we believe transformative innovation happens when talented people from different disciplines work together toward a shared, meaningful goal. We are a global, multidisciplinary team of nearly 160 employees from more than 30 nationalities, driven by curiosity, rigor, and a commitment to solving complex challenges. Here, ideas are valued, ownership is real, and collaboration spans functions, disciplines, and borders.

If you are motivated by impact, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to contribute to something fundamentally new, NVision offers the opportunity to grow while building technology that changes lives.

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