Your mission

As a Working Student, you support the Lab Team hands-on with a variety of tasks. You take ownership for important but unpretentious lab duties as well as for exciting tech development tasks in our well-equipped labs in Berlin-Adlershof.

Your tasks:

• Characterization of components for our MIR spectrometers

• Assembly of prototypes and production of high- and low-tech components (e.g. 3D printing, soldering, wire bonding, optical alignment, packaging and more)

• Sample preparation, setting up and conducting measurements, data analysis using custom scripts

• Maintenance, calibration, and documentation of laboratory equipment and measurement technology

• Ordering consumables and managing inventory

• Sharing responsibility for keeping the laboratory tidy and clean

• Close collaboration with physicists, technicians, engineers, scientists, and developers

Your profile

• Master student (physics or closely related), preferably starting this summer or at least 1.5 years left until starting the thesis; the student status is absolutely mandatory for this position

• Located in Berlin Area (no remote work, labs in Adlershof) with a student work permit for Germany

• Initial practical experience in a laboratory setting, ideally in the fields of optics, electronics, spectroscopy, or microscopy

• Knowledge of Python for data analysis and experience in Linux environments

• Interest in and enjoyment of laboratory work

• Willingness to also take on tasks that may be less exciting

• A thorough and independent work ethic, reliability, team spirit and intrinsic motivation

• Proficiency in German and English

About us

Cutting-edge Deep Tech made in Berlin – that’s what we do at Quantune. We have developed the world’s smallest mid-infrared spectrometer. Without compromising sensitivity. Included in a wearable, it will revolutionize pro-active healthcare: Biomarkers, such as glucose, blood alcohol or lactate can be measured continuously with a purely optical approach. Combined with models, personalized health transients tell you the near, mid, and long term impact of your lifestyle on health and well-being. No pain, no friction, true insights. Quantune’s excellent team builds a new foundation for human health.

Why us?

• Learn from an excellent team of experienced scientists, engineers, and software developers.

• Gain experience in applying your study knowledge to cutting-edge tech development.

• Enjoy a start-up atmosphere with room for ideas, an open corporate culture and a diverse, international team.

• Strong coffee, refreshing drinks, healthy snacks, and sweet treats.

• A fair salary of 17 € per hour.