Scientific Officer – Advanced Light Microscopy

The Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg (ALMF) offers a collection of state of the art equipment and image processing tools to support in-house scientists and visitors in using light microscopy methods for their research. Incollaboration with other Core Facilities the ALMF also offers a service in correlative light and electron microscopy, spatial omics and high throughput chemical screens. The facility also closely collaborates with the EMBL Imaging Centre providing outward facing services in advanced cross scales imaging. 
Your role 
We are seeking a highly motivated light microscopy expert. The successful candidate will work as scientific officer in the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility (ALMF) at EMBL.
You will teach and support users in advanced light microscopy technologies. This includes all aspects of assay development with respect to automated image acquisition, image data analysis and large-scale data management.
You will also write custom software packages that allow users to conduct experiments at large scale automatically and ifnecessary develop custom hardware in collaboration with the EMBL workshops and industrial partners.
You will also participate in the testing and establishing of cutting-edge microscopy technology equipment in collaboration with the industrial partners of the facility. You will participate in the organization and teaching of international courses on advanced microscopy techniques.
You have 
– A university degree in either life sciences, physics or engineering, preferably with a PhD.
– Solid experience in several advanced light microscopy techniques is essential.
– Practical knowledge in automation of image acquisition, image analysis and data handling.
– You should be a team player and have good communication and organisational skills.
– Fluency in English is compulsory.
You may also have
Proofessional experience in one or more of the following area(s) is considered beneficial:
– biological sample preparation and their application to biological questions;
– previous work in a scientific core facility;
– organization and teaching of training courses;
– microscopy technology development;
– programming skills e.g. with LabView, Matlab, C++, Java, Python.