# Mechatronic Engineer – Cryo-EM Technology Development (Part-time)

The EMBL Imaging Centre is seeking a Mechatronic Engineer to join our technology development activities at the interface of engineering, robotics and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Two unique prototype instruments, EasyGrid and EasyGrid Control, have recently been deployed at the EMBL Imaging Centre in Heidelberg, enabling the automated preparation and quality control of samples for cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography. The instruments combine multi-axis robots, light and holographic microscopy, cryogenic storage systems, an atmospheric plasma generator, and humidity- and temperature-controlled compartments. You will play a central role in the development of EasyGridNext, a next-generation platform for automated and reproducible cryo-EM sample preparation and dynamic on-grid experiments. Building on the established prototype systems, you will help develop them into a robust, service-ready platform that can be used reliably by researchers across the life sciences. The position offers the opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to challenging problems in structural and cellular biology. You will contribute to the complete development cycle, combining mec

- **Id**: 4279983
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/embl-mechatronic-engineer-cryo-em-technology-development-part-time>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: part_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Heidelberg, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T20:18:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T02:44:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Cafeteria, Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Bioinformatics, Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 6973
- **Name**: EMBL
- **Domain**: embl.org
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/embl>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 3534
- **Max**: 4006
- **Currency**: EUR
- **Period**: month
- **Usd annual**: 53028

## Technologies

- **Java** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T20:18:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 53028
- **Is top pay**: no

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