Senior Optical Engineer

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**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real-time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.

What You’ll Do

The successful candidate will take an active role in implementing next generation of optical tools empowering Eikon’s drug discovery pipeline. We are seeking a goal-oriented and collaborative Optical Engineer with expertise in building and characterizing complex laser based optical systems.

As part of Eikon’s diverse team of biologists, medicinal chemists, and engineers, you will build and characterize custom super-resolution microscopes that will enable the exploration and quantification of Eikon’s high-content datasets.

The scope of work includes all aspects of optical engineering from concept evaluation, prototyping, feasibility testing, integration, and characterization.  Modules of the microscope stations include multiple powerful lasers, multi-wavelength combiners, fiber optics, beam shapers, hi-res cameras, filter assemblies.

Qualifications

• M.S. in optics or closely related field with at least 5 years of industry experience, or Ph.D. with at least 2 years of industry experience
• Proven track of building custom optical systems or components
• Prior experience with characterizing optical systems, building optical measurement setups, designing experiments, and statistical data analysis to determine optical performance and quality
• Hands-on experience with optical breadboard prototyping including fiber-optic assemblies and alignment

Additionally, the following experience/qualifications would be a plus:

• Proficiency in using one of optical simulation SW, Zemax preferably
• Any modern programming language for data acquisition, signal and image processing
• Experience with microscopy automation
• Hands-on experience with powerful solid state, diode, and fiber lasers
• Familiarity with the following applications:
  • Single molecule or single particle detection and/or tracking
  • Super-resolution microscopy
  • Light sheet microscopy
  • TIRF microscopy

Eikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment.

In accordance with the Company’s duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace, the Company requires all employees to be Fully Vaccinated with one of the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines, which includes those vaccines that have received the FDA’s emergency use authorization.  You will be expected to be Fully Vaccinated as of your Start Date.  If you believe that you are exempt from this requirement under an applicable law or regulations, including Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, you will need to contact the Company’s Human Resources group. For purposes of this section, Fully Vaccinated means (i) the completion of the vaccination regimen as approved by the FDA (by way of example, 2 doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and 1 dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine), and (ii) timely receiving booster vaccination, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

 

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