PhD Fellow: Next-Gen Hybrid Optoacoustic Imaging

Helmholtz Zentrum München; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 54,806 - 68,508; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scientific Training: Helmholtz Munich

Career Center for PhD candidates

State-of-the-art infrastructure

Health promotion initiatives

International staff relocation support

Job summary

Helmholtz Munich is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to develop the next generation of hand-held multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) systems for clinical imaging. You will join a multidisciplinary team spanning optics, acoustics, electronics, computation, engineering, physics, and medicine at Neuherberg near Munich.

The position focuses on advanced hybrid optoacoustic and ultrasound imaging with unprecedented image quality and quantitative performance, contributing to EU and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, medical technology, optics, mechatronics, computer engineering, or a related discipline.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Programming experience in MATLAB and/or Python.
• Experience in electronics, optics, ultrasound, sensors or CAD is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop next-generation hand-held hybrid optoacoustic and ultrasound imaging systems with high image quality and quantitative performance.
• Advance clinical imaging solutions for cancer diagnosis, therapy monitoring, and disease evaluation.
• Develop optical, acoustic, electronic, and computational technologies for clinical optoacoustic imaging.
• Collaborate with clinical partners and a MedTech start-up to translate technology to healthcare.
• Publish in leading journals and present at international conferences.
• Contribute to intellectual property generation.

Skills

Problem solving

Interdisciplinary research

English proficiency

Education

Master’s degree in physics, electrical/mechanical/biomedical engineering or related discipline

Tools

MATLAB

Python

CAD

Job description

Helmholtz Munich is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to develop the next generation of hand-held multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) systems for clinical imaging. You will join a multidisciplinary team spanning optics, acoustics, electronics, computation, engineering, physics, and medicine at Neuherberg near Munich.

The position focuses on advanced hybrid optoacoustic and ultrasound imaging with unprecedented image quality and quantitative performance, contributing to EU and