Instrumentation Study Engineer (M/F)
Engineer @French National Centre for Scientific Research posted 2 days agoJob Description
General information
Job title: Instrumentation design engineer (M/F)
Reference: UMR5588-OLIHUG-003
Number of positions: 1
Work location: ST MARTIN D HERES
Publication date: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Type of contract: IT fixed-term contract
Contract duration: 12 months
Expected hiring date: September 1, 2025
Workload: Full
Remuneration: from €2,466 gross monthly (depending on your experience and the CNRS scale in force)
Desired level of education: BAC+5
Desired experience: 1 to 4 years
BAP: C – Engineering Sciences and scientific instrumentation
Typical job: Instrument design engineer
Missions
We are looking for an instrumentation engineer whose mission will be to design and produce a combined excitation/detection system for our photoacoustic microscope in order to obtain images of thick tissues in epi-collection and to bring together all the generation, acquisition, signal processing and control functions in a computer equipped with electronic cards.
Activities
For the photoacoustic part:
– Bibliographic research on the state of the art
– Choice of a configuration and components adapted to the situation
– Design and production of the mechanical assembly, integration of the components
– Tests and characterization
For the electronic part:
– Implementation of the signal generation, acquisition and processing functions in a computer equipped with electronic cards
– Creation of a microscope control interface
SKILLS
Good command of
– design of opto-mechanical systems
– signal acquisition/processing
Desired knowledge of
– Labview / Matlab
Soft skills:
– Openness, curiosity
– Adaptability
– Autonomy
– Communication
Work context
Located on the Saint Martin d’Hères University Estate, the Interdisciplinary Physics Laboratory (LIPhy) is a joint research unit between the University of Grenoble Alpes and the CNRS. LIPhy is, as its name suggests, an interdisciplinary laboratory: the researchers are mainly physicists carrying out activities at the interface with other disciplines.
The project is developed within the Optics and Imaging team composed of 11 researchers/professor-researchers and 5 engineers.
The recruited engineer will work in direct collaboration with the professor-researcher responsible for the project.
The position is located in a sector covered by the protection of scientific and technical potential (PPST), and therefore requires, in accordance with the regulations, that your arrival be authorized by the competent authority of the MESR.
Scientific context
We have developed a multispectral photoacoustic microscope allowing the imaging of biological structures such as microvascularization under the surface of the skin. In the current configuration, optical excitation is done on one side of the object of study while, for reasons of bulk, the resulting acoustic signal is detected on the opposite side (transmission configuration), which limits its use to the study of thin objects. The electronic instrumentation associated with the optical device is, for its part, made up of separate devices for the generation, acquisition and processing of signals, which makes the whole bulky and impractical.
We wish to improve the existing device in order, on the one hand, to allow the study of thick subjects (organs, animals, etc.), which requires the use of a specific photoacoustic head performing acoustic detection on the same side as the optical excitation (epi-collection configuration). On the other hand, we need to simplify the associated instrumentation in order to make the whole more easily transportable and usable by a non-specialist (biologist, doctor, etc.).
The position is located in a sector covered by the protection of scientific and technical potential (PPST), and therefore requires, in accordance with regulations, that your arrival be authorized by the competent authority of the MESR.
Constraints and risks
LASER risk (class 3B)
