Senior Scientific Lead

DECTRIS Ltd; Baden; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

International work environment

Flexible working arrangements

On-site facilities

Zusammenfassung

DECTRIS Ltd is a high-tech company developing and producing X-ray and electron detectors. The Senior Scientific Lead will advance XDS-based data-processing software across crystallography techniques and drive the software roadmap in collaboration with engineers and external partners.

You will engage with the global crystallography community and represent DECTRIS' scientific capabilities. The role requires a PhD in crystallography or related field, a strong track record in the community, and

Qualifikationen

• PhD in crystallography, structural biology, physics or related discipline with deep diffraction data processing expertise (5–10 years) and openness to cross-techniques.
• Recognised standing in crystallographic/structural-biology community with established track record beyond early-career stage.
• Experience translating scientific methods into software or collaborating with software engineers.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time.

Aufgaben

• Maintain, develop, and advance XDS and related data-processing software across multiple crystallography techniques, ensuring robustness and performance.
• Define and drive the roadmap for DECTRIS' crystallographic software across techniques and adapt to modern detectors and computing environments.
• Act as scientific point of contact for global crystallography community, supporting users and gathering needs.
• Build and manage scientific and technology partnerships to strengthen software and extend reach.
• Collaborate with professional software engineers and external partners to translate methods into reliable tools.
• Engage with beamline scientists and facilities to ground software development in real experimental requirements.
• Represent DECTRIS' software and scientific capabilities within the community.

Kenntnisse

PhD in crystallography

Established standing in community

Software translation experience

Excellent communication in English

Willingness to travel

Ausbildung

PhD in crystallography or related

Jobbeschreibung

DECTRIS is a successful and expanding high-tech company that develops and produces X-ray and electron detectors.

Our scientists as well as our technical and commercial experts ensure that our customers benefit from the latest technologies.

DECTRIS values collaborative working rather than traditional hierarchy and is guided by the principles of Sociocracy 3.0.

Senior Scientific Lead

Your Tasks

• Maintain, develop, and advance XDS and related data-processing software across macromolecular crystallography, electron diffraction, serial crystallography, small-molecule crystallography, and adjacent techniques, ensuring it remains robust, performant, and trusted by the community


• Define and drive the roadmap for DECTRIS' crystallographic software across these techniques, evolving it for modern detectors and computing environments


• Act as DECTRIS' scientific point of contact for the global crystallography and structural-biology community, supporting users and gathering their needs


• Build and manage scientific and technology partnerships that strengthen DECTRIS' software and extend its scientific reach


• Work closely with a professional software engineer and with external partners to translate scientific methods into reliable, production-grade tools


• Engage with beamline scientists, facilities, and key users across the major diffraction techniques to ground software development in real experimental requirements


• Represent DECTRIS' software and scientific capabilities, internally and within the community

Your Skills

• PhD in crystallography, structural biology, physics, or a related discipline, with deep expertise in diffraction data processing (5-10 years) and openness to work across techniques - macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography, electron diffraction, and serial crystallography


• Recognised standing in the crystallographic or structural-biology community, with an established track record beyond the early-career stage


• Experience translating scientific methods into software, whether hands-on or by working closely with developers, and comfort collaborating with professional software engineers


• Excellent communication skills in English


• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time

Your Skills

• PhD in crystallography, structural biology, physics, or a related discipline, with deep expertise in diffraction data processing (5-10 years) and openness to work across techniques - macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography, electron diffraction, and serial crystallography


• Recognised standing in the crystallographic or structural-biology community, with an established track record beyond the early-career stage


• Experience translating scientific methods into software, whether hands-on or by working closely with developers, and comfort collaborating with professional software engineers


• Excellent communication skills in English


• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time

We Offer

• A successful and growing high tech company in an international, scientific environment


• To jointhe global leader in HPC X-ray detectors for science and industry. Our Developers design cutting-edge detectors to support thestate of the art science and technology


• An international work environment formed by more than 170 experienced engineers, scientists and other professionals.The company languages are German and English


• Excellent, flexible working arrangements to enable professional development and personal life balance


• An attractive working environment: modern infrastructure with wheelchair-accessible rooms, small fitness room, underground car park, subsidised meals, free snacks and drinks, various company events, internal and external training, home office options, after-work beers and other joint leisure activities

The DECTRIS D.LAB Team accelerate scientific discoveries by bringing science labs' data, tools, compute, and analyses into one place. We develop a platform to empower scientists around the world to efficiently get the most out of their data in a collaborative manner. DECTRIS D.LAB has entered the market and is scaling up.