Physicist

Demcon; Enschede; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance

25 vacation days + 6 ADV days

Hybrid working arrangement

Demcon Academy training

Pension scheme

Bike plan and lease

Vitality program

Staff association activities

Job summary

Demcon multiphysics in Enschede seeks a motivated Physicist (Engineering Starter/Junior) to join a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to a wide range of technical projects, analyzing challenges, reducing risks, and developing innovative, physics-based solutions using COMSOL Multiphysics.

You will work across electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and mechanics, translating insights into robust models and recommendations for clients and project teams.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Applied Physics, Engineering Physics, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills and broad physics/engineering foundation.
• Experience in a high-tech or R&D environment is advantageous.
• Experience with simulation software such as COMSOL Multiphysics is a plus.
• Pragmatic, efficient, and able to distinguish key issues from details.
• Thrives in a project-based environment and collaborates in multidisciplinary teams.
• Entrepreneurial and creative with the ability to translate technical challenges into opportunities.
• Customer-oriented with strong communication skills to explain complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Work on a wide range of technical projects at the edge of what is technically possible.
• Analyze complex challenges, identify risks, and develop innovative solutions.
• Connect disciplines like electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, optics, and particle physics.
• Translate complex phenomena into models and simulations using COMSOL Multiphysics.
• Act as a technical sparring partner, contribute to project approaches, and support proposals.

Skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Master's or PhD in Applied Physics / Engineering Physics

Tools

COMSOL Multiphysics

Job description

From multiphysics simulations to challenges in electromagnetics, mechanics, and heat and fluid flow, you enjoy diving into both theory and practice. Sound familiar? Then we'd love to get to know you at Demcon multiphysics.

• Physicist — Enschede; Engineering Starter / junior.

About Demcon

Demcon develops and manufactures advanced technology and complex systems, from concept to series production. Driven by the ambition to solve societal and technological challenges, we combine deep engineering expertise with creativity to create solutions that make a real impact. We build prototypes, industrialize, and manufacture innovative systems, with a strong focus on mechatronics. By bringing together mechanical, electrical, and software engineering with disciplines such as robotics, optics, and data science, we support our clients throughout the entire product lifecycle.

As an independent part of the Demcon group, Demcon multiphysics is a leading engineering consultancy specializing in mechanical and process engineering solutions for complex physical challenges. Our expertise covers heat transfer, fluid dynamics, mechanics, electromagnetics, acoustics, and particle physics, always with the goal of solving real-world technical problems.

With a team of approximately fifteen specialists across our offices in Enschede and Best, we deliver innovative solutions for the design, development, and optimization of processes and equipment in which physical phenomena play a key role. Using a combination of analytical, numerical, and experimental methods, we transform conceptual designs into robust and effective engineering solutions.

What are you going to do?

As a physicist, you will be involved in a wide variety of technical projects, operating at the boundaries of what is technically possible. You will analyze complex challenges, identify technical risks, and develop innovative solutions that help drive projects forward.

Drawing on your broad physics background, you will connect disciplines such as electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, optics, and particle physics. Many of the challenges you will encounter have a strong multiphysics character, requiring you to continuously integrate knowledge from different fields. Using COMSOL multiphysics, you will translate complex physical phenomena into models and simulations, enabling well-founded design decisions and technical recommendations.

You will act as a technical sparring partner within projects and serve as a key source of expertise for both colleagues and clients. You will participate in technical brainstorming sessions, contribute to project approaches, and support effort estimations and proposal activities. In addition, you will present your analyses, findings, and recommendations clearly and convincingly to clients, project teams, and other stakeholders.

What do you bring to the table?

• You hold a completed Master's degree or PhD in Applied Physics, Engineering Physics, or a related field;
• You possess strong analytical skills and a broad foundation in physics and engineering;
• Experience in a high-tech or R&D environment is considered an advantage;
• Experience with simulation software, such as COMSOL multiphysics, is a plus;
• You are pragmatic, work efficiently, and can distinguish between key issues and details;
• You thrive in a project-based environment and enjoy collaborating in multidisciplinary teams;
• You are entrepreneurial and creative, with the ability to translate technical challenges and emerging developments into innovative solutions and project opportunities;
• You are customer-oriented, have strong communication skills, and can clearly explain complex technical concepts to both colleagues and clients.

What do we offer you?

At Demcon, you’ll work on technology that truly matters. In an informal and collaborative environment, you’ll have the freedom to take initiative while working alongside passionate colleagues to develop innovative solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. We value you not only as a professional, but also as a person, with genuine attention to well-being, job satisfaction, and a healthy work-life balance.

In addition, you can count on:

• 8% holiday allowance, with the choice to have it paid out in May or monthly as part of your salary;
• 25 vacation days and 6 ADV days based on a full-time employment contract, with the option to purchase additional leave days;
• A hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to work from home up to two days per week (full-time basis), always in consultation with your manager;
• Access to training and development programs through the Demcon Academy to support your personal and professional growth;
• An attractive pension scheme with Zwitserleven;
• A bicycle plan and lease bike scheme;
• A vitality program including sports clinics, fresh fruit, workshops, and workplace assessments;
• An active staff association that organizes monthly activities and the annual Demcon weekend.