System Integration Engineer (d/f/m)

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Come and join a fantastic team! At the Advanced Technology Group, we are passionate innovators—a dynamic team of scientists and engineers working hand in hand to push the boundaries of optical microscopy. Together, we design and develop cutting-edge technologies that empower groundbreaking discoveries in life science and biology.

If you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to make a real impact, this is your opportunity to be part of something great!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• As part of the System Development team, you will contribute to the design, assembly, and testing of advanced microscopy systems, ensuring seamless integration of all components and reliable overall system performance.
• Your responsibilities include the conception, development, and enhancement of our core technologies (e.g., acousto-optics, detection modules, lasers, and scanning technologies).
• Contribution to the development of the overall architecture of future confocal microscopy platforms in close collaboration with our teams. Ensuring that qualitative, economic, and technical requirements are met.
• Part of your role is to monitor market trends and scientific developments to identify new and relevant technologies. By building and characterizing laboratory prototypes, you will evaluate promising new technologies and concepts.
• Help safeguard our competitive edge by actively collaborating with the IP department to protect our innovations.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• You hold a degree in physics, engineering, or another relevant discipline, ideally with a Ph.D. or initial experience in project work and industrial research and development.
• Basic knowledge of confocal microscopy core technologies (acousto‑optics, detectors, lasers, scanning modules) is required. Experience with advanced techniques such as STED or multiphoton microscopy is an advantage.
• You work independently in a structured manner when analyzing and solving problems.
• You have experience in project and team collaboration within interdisciplinary and intercultural environments and possess an understanding of economic relationships and dependencies.
• You are a motivated and open-minded individual with a strong desire to learn and grow. You have fluent command of English and, ideally, German, and can apply these skills effectively.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info .

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.