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About the Role

Eon is building the infrastructure for large-scale connectomics data collection, reconstruction, and brain simulation. We are seeking a Senior Microscope Engineer to build and scale the imaging systems at the heart of our connectomics pipeline. You will design, build, and bring up custom high-throughput optical microscopes optimized for imaging expanded brain tissue, take our current prototype through to a production-ready instrument, and lead its replication into a small fleet for large-scale acquisition.

Responsibilities

Design and build custom, cost-effective, high-throughput optical microscopes optimized for expanded tissue.
Take a working prototype to a production-ready instrument: motorized staging, optimized acquisition, and validated performance.
Operate microscopes to acquire high-resolution 3D image volumes of expanded neural tissue, sustaining high throughput and high instrument uptime.
Produce complete build documentation — bills of materials, budgets, timelines, and assembly SOPs a technician can follow — and lead replication toward a small fleet.
Troubleshoot imaging issues and perform routine maintenance on microscopy equipment.

Requirements

5+ years designing and building optical microscopy instruments such as spinning-disk confocal or lightsheet systems, with at least one high-throughput microscope built end to end.
Strong optical design and alignment skills, and hands-on optomechanical build experience (CAD and rapid prototyping a plus).
Practical command of illumination sources, objective/optics selection, and cameras/detectors.
Ability to code for instrument control, automation, and image processing and analysis.
Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced research environment.
High-speed image-sensor integration, FPGA or custom data-acquisition electronics.
Experience with the storage and data pipelines required for large-scale imaging.

Skills

Optical design
Alignment
Optomechanical build
CAD
Rapid prototyping
Illumination sources
Objective/optics selection
Cameras/detectors
Instrument control coding
Automation coding
Image processing coding
Image analysis coding
High-speed image-sensor integration
FPGA
Custom data-acquisition electronics
Storage and data pipelines for large-scale imaging

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$140,000–$200,000

Benefits

Equity
Benefits

About the Company

Eon is building the infrastructure for large-scale connectomics data collection, reconstruction, and brain simulation.
Our mission is to enable the safe and scalable development of brain emulation technology, beginning with digital twins of model organisms.
We are developing an end-to-end platform that spans tissue preparation, high-throughput microscopy, large-scale image processing, neural reconstruction, connectome-based modeling, and embodied simulation.
We are looking for exceptional engineers and scientists who can help turn biological brain data into usable computational systems.