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=