Founding Engineer (gn) – Hardware & Bioengineering, Munich

<h2>About Cellsor</h2><p><span style="color:#000000">Cameras digitized vision. Microphones digitized sound. Smell is the one major sense we still can't capture, measure or transmit reliably. Cellsor is building the sensor that changes that.</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000">We replicate the mammalian olfactory epithelium outside the body – living olfactory tissue on microelectrode arrays – and read it out with machine learning. The result is a sensor that detects chemicals the way a nose does, with the breadth and sensitivity that conventional gas sensors lack. Applications span flavor and fragrance, defense and security, medical diagnostics, food quality and industrial monitoring.</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000">We are a VC-backed Tufts University spin-out with a working proof of principle and paid industry pilots, with teams in Boston (biology) and Munich (engineering).</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><h2><strong><span style="color:#000000">About the role</span></strong></h2><p><span style="color:#000000">As our first engineer in Munich, you develop the instrument that keeps our living sensor tissue alive and samples the air it analyzes. You take it from today's lab setup to a field-ready prototype at a customer site within 18 months.</span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">What you will do:</span></strong> </p><ul><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Define the instrument architecture, then build prototypes across mechanics, fluidics and housing</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Develop automated media exchange that keeps cells viable for weeks to months</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Build the air path: sampling, filtration and controlled delivery of odorants to the sensor</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Integrate sensors, pumps and controllers for monitoring and automation</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Test and iterate with our Boston biology team</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Contribute to grant applications</span></p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><h2><strong><span style="color:#000000">What you need to succeed</span></strong></h2><p><strong><span style="color:#000000">Must-have:</span></strong></p><ul><li><p><span style="color:#000000">MSc or PhD in mechanical, biomedical or bioengineering, or a related field</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Built a lab or medical device from concept to working prototype</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">CAD, rapid prototyping, and electronics integration</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Comfortable with uncertainty: you make progress without a defined path and decide what to build next</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Hands-on and self-directed – you'd rather test an idea on the bench than discuss it for a week</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Fluent English; German a plus</span></p></li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#000000">Nice-to-have: </span></strong></p><ul><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Cell culture, perfusion or microfluidics</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Gas handling or air sampling</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Startup or grant-funded R&amp;D experience</span></p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><h2><strong><span style="color:#000000">Why join Cellsor now</span></strong></h2><p><span style="color:#000000">Cellsor is an early-stage, VC-backed deep-tech startup, funded to focus on building. Most hardware roles mean optimizing one part of an existing product. Here you build the first instrument for a new category of sensor, and your design decisions become the foundation of the platform. The technical risk has moved from "does this work?" to "how do we build it for the field?" – which is exactly where an engineer makes the difference. As the platform grows into electrode integration, machine learning and product design, so does the scope of your role.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><h2><strong><span style="color:#000000">What we offer</span></strong></h2><ul><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Equity in Cellsor, so you share in the value you help create</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">The opportunity to build and lead the Munich engineering team as we grow</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Real responsibility from day one, working directly with the founders and technical advisors</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#000000">Lab and workspace at UnternehmerTUM, with regular exchange with our Boston team</span></p></li></ul> <br> <p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>