Working at the Helmholtz Zentrum München

Job offers and candidates for a doctor's degree

As German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München pursues the goal of developing personalized medical approaches for the prevention and therapy of major common diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lung diseases. Helmholtz Zentrum München is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization.

The Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging is a multi-disciplinary academic and research structure focusing on advancing the imaging sciences. We see it as our goal to lead innovation in imaging and sensing technologies and their application to address unmet needs in biology and medicine, bringing together different educational disciplines, such as mathematics, physics, engineering, biology and medicine and promoting their close interaction. We are looking for a

Scientist / Post-doc for Ultrasound System Development and Imaging (m/f) 2012/1740

Job Description

Development of novel state-of-the-art ultrasound imaging hardware.
Theoretical and numerical computation developments to support tomography and quantitative data analysis
Hands-on experimental work involving imaging of small animals

Your Qualifications

Strong background (preferably a PhD) in Physics, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering or related fields
Knowledge and practical experience with ultrasound hardware, control hardware and imaging methods
Understanding sound and/or light propagation in tissues and ability to utilize mathematical models for image formation
Excellent analytical and strong programming skills and experience with Matlab, Labview, FEM, etc
Good command of English

Our Offer

Working in an innovative, well- equipped and scientifically stimulating surrounding
Further training opportunities
Initial short-term employment contract for one year with a standard public service salary (TVöD EG 13)

The Helmholtz Zentrum München as holder of the Bavarian Advancement of Women Prize and of the Total E-Quality Certificate is striving to increase the overall proportion of women on its staff and thus expressly urges qualified women to apply.

Zsuzsanna Öszi
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Telefon: 089 3187-4139

Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
85764 Neuherberg