Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Application
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Hamburg
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop optical solutions for OEM customers, collaborate closely with their R&D teams, define system requirements, optimize the design process, and secure long-term partnerships.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- We are looking for an OEM Applications Engineer who plays a critical role in securing long-term design wins by engaging with OEM customers early in the development of next-generation instruments.
- This role combines deep technical expertise in optical systems with a strong consultative approach to influence system architecture decisions and position optical solutions as enabling technologies within customer platforms.
- Working closely with OEM Sales, Product Management, and R&D, the Applications Engineer acts as a trusted technical advisor to customer engineering teams, helping define system requirements, evaluate optical architectures, and optimize instrument performance.
- The role focuses on early design-cycle engagement, platform influence, and long-term OEM partnerships, ensuring that optical solutions become an integral part of customer instruments across life science and industrial markets.
- Engage with customer R&D teams during concept and architecture phases of instrument development.
- Influence optical system design to ensure optimal integration of optical solutions.
- Identify opportunities where optical performance can enable new instrument capabilities.
- Support OEM sales teams in securing strategic design wins within key accounts.
- Develop technical solution strategies tailored to customer system architectures.
- Provide technical leadership during design reviews and feasibility discussions.
- Work with customer engineering teams to define optimal optical configurations, including objectives, illumination systems, and imaging pathways.
- Evaluate trade-offs in optical performance, system cost, manufacturability, and integration complexity.
- Support prototype development and system validation.
- Build trusted relationships with customer R&D leaders and system architects.
- Act as a long-term technical partner throughout the lifecycle of customer platforms.
- Provide insights into emerging technology trends and application needs.
- Capture insights on emerging applications, instrument architectures, and technology requirements.
- Provide structured feedback to Product Management and R&D to influence future product development.
- Collaborate with global applications engineering, product management, and R&D teams to develop integrated solutions.
- Support the creation of reference architectures and application frameworks for OEM customers.
- Zusammenarbeit und Beratung mit dem Vertriebsteam bei der Planung der Kontostrategie und der Positionierung von Designgewinnen.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging Science, or related discipline.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to support design-in or system architecture discussions with engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of optical system design and performance, microscopy and imaging techniques, illumination and detection systems, and system-level performance optimization.
- 30-50% travel within EMEA to support customer design activities and strategic technical engagements.
Experience
- 5 - 10 years experience in optical systems, microscopy, or scientific instrumentation.
- Experience working with OEM customers in instrument development environments.
- Experience with optical design software (e.g., Zemax) is beneficial.
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What we offer
- The role can be home-based with travel.
- Flexible working hours, incl. mobile work.
- 30 days of holiday time each year.
- 13 salaries a year.
- Regular training courses.
- Extensive company pension scheme.
- Zahlungen an einen Mitarbeitersparplan.
- Preventive healthcare.
- Gemeinsame Firmenveranstaltungen und Aktivitäten.
- Interesting, diversified field of activity in an international working environment.
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About Your Employer
EVIDENT GmbH
EVIDENT GmbH has been active in the dental market since 1983, specializing in the development and distribution of practice software. With a focus on innovation and customer interaction, the company offers high-quality solutions.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
OEM Applications Engineer
- Location
- Hamburg
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
