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Project Leader – Physicist/Engineer (m/f/d) for Ultrastable Photonic Microwaves

Permanent employee, Full-time · Martinsried
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Your mission
  • Lead a disruptive ultrastable microwave R&D project that aims to convert cutting-edge innovation into a product 
  • Participate in the implementation and characterization of a prototype
  • Coordinate the cooperation with external project partners
  • Build complex laser systems including free-space and fiber optics, mode-locked fiber lasers, frequency combs, vacuum components, and control electronics
  • Contribute to the continuous development of current products to reach higher TRL, and conceive and realize new functionalities by exploring innovative applications
Your profile
  • Ph.D. in physics, photonics, laser technology, electrical engineering, or a related field, preferably with postdoctoral research experience or 2-3 years of industrial experience in the high-tech sector
  • Comprehensive knowledge of mode-locked lasers, ideally optical frequency combs, ultra-stable and CW lasers, high-finesse cavities, and stabilization electronics, combined with several years of project management experience
  • Systematic and analytical way of thinking
  • Excellent communication skills and team spirit
  • Open to occasional business trips 
  • Excellent English and German language skills
Why us?
  • Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamically growing market
  • A highly motivated team with creative freedom
  • Individual and practice-oriented training and opportunities for professional development
  • Free Deutschlandticket or JobBike
  • 30 days' vacation and regular employee events
  • Flat hierarchies, an informal culture and short decision-making paths
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About us
Menlo Systems is a high-tech company that develops, manufactures and sells lasers and laser systems for precision applications in research and industry. Menlo Systems is one of the market leaders in the field of optical precision measurements with light and lasers based on the Nobel Prize-winning frequency comb technology. The company is headquartered in Martinsried, near Munich, Germany.



Ihr Aufgabengebiet
  • Lead a disruptive ultrastable microwave R&D project that aims to convert cutting-edge innovation into a product 
  • Participate in the implementation and characterization of a prototype
  • Coordinate the cooperation with external project partners
  • Build complex laser systems including free-space and fiber optics, mode-locked fiber lasers, frequency combs, vacuum components, and control electronics
  • Contribute to the continuous development of current products to reach higher TRL, and conceive and realize new functionalities by exploring innovative applications
Ihr Profil
  • Ph.D. in physics, photonics, laser technology, electrical engineering, or a related field, preferably with postdoctoral research experience or 2-3 years of industrial experience in the high-tech sector
  • Comprehensive knowledge of mode-locked lasers, ideally optical frequency combs, ultra-stable and CW lasers, high-finesse cavities, and stabilization electronics, combined with several years of project management experience
  • Systematic and analytical way of thinking
  • Excellent communication skills and team spirit
  • Open to occasional business trips 
  • Excellent English and German language skills
Wir bieten Ihnen
  • Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamically growing market
  • A highly motivated team with creative freedom
  • Individual and practice-oriented training and opportunities for professional development
  • Free Deutschlandticket or JobBike
  • 30 days' vacation and regular employee events
  • Flat hierarchies, an informal culture and short decision-making paths
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Über uns

Die Menlo Systems GmbH zählt seit ihrer Gründung zu den Weltmarktführern auf dem Gebiet der optischen Präzisionsmessungen mit Licht und Lasern. Basierend auf der nobelpreisgekrönten Frequenzkammtechnologie stellen wir für unsere Kunden weltweit Lasersysteme bereit, die Anwendungen mit höchster Präzision und Genauigkeit ermöglichen. Die Systeme werden hauptsächlich in der Metrologie und Spektroskopie, in optischen Uhren, in der Quantentechnologie und in Quantencomputern sowie in Materialprüfung und im 3D-Druck eingesetzt. Zu unseren Kunden gehören führende Forschungseinrichtungen und Hightechunternehmen weltweit.



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