Wonderwoman / Superman: Versatile, market-driven PhD engineer in physics/mechanics

About us

A major technological revolution is under way in biotechnology, accelerating medicine like never before. Microfluidics is one of the cornerstones of that revolution. Our mission is to accelerate this revolution as fast as possible, in every way possible.

Our company

The Microfluidics Innovation Center was created by three researcher-entrepreneurs in 2011, as a business unit of the Elvesys group. We run collaborative research to build deeptech companies in Europe.

We develop microfluidic prototypes within European consortia to solve research problems. In parallel, we test market interest in these prototypes and turn them into products. Once the business model is set and the funding plan validated, we license the technology or create a new deeptech spin-off. We have already created ten innovative companies, which today make up the Microfluidic Valley.

In 2023, we decided to become independent so we could make the most of our innovative and entrepreneurial potential. To protect our freedom to innovate, we chose to take on no investors and to stay a tribe.

Our culture

No routine here. Our job is to get off the beaten track. We are doers. We always look to innovate in a way no one else would. We have to cross oceans to fulfil our mission, and we stay united to face the storms.

You’ll join the MIC Research & Innovation (R&I) team. R&I develops advanced microfluidic technologies to push the impact of this technology across very diverse fields: cell biology, soil remediation, water treatment, materials science. We work through collaborative projects with the best European laboratories.

Market-driven PhD engineer job is about turning open scientific problems into microfluidic setups and instruments that actually work, somewhere between the bench and the workshop, from the specification sheet all the way to the prototype delivered to the partner. Whether or not you already have experience is not what matters most to us. What counts is your mindset, your curiosity, your energy and your ability to learn.

Your role

You work with the team on scientific projects built around microfluidics, to meet the needs and specifications of our research partners

You design, build, test and improve microfluidic setups and platforms

You bring ideas to the table and solve the challenges you run into in simple, bold and clever ways

You take part in developing the next microfluidic instruments in our range, for every scientific application in our field

Together with the rest of the team, you deliver prototypes to leading scientists all over Europe and you iterate on their feedback

You put into practice the shortcuts and wild ideas that make sense so MIC stays at the top of innovation in its sector

You factor market needs into the development of new technologies within European projects, to speed up their exploitation

Job type: full-time, permanent contract (CDI)
Status: executive (cadre)
Benefits:

Flextime

50% coverage of daily commuting costs
Location: on-site, Paris 11e, Charonne

Your profile

You hold a PhD linked to physics or mechanics, already awarded. Any field works for us: mechatronics, robotics, electronics, mechanics, optics, materials, microfluidics. An engineering degree on top is a plus

You ideally have two years of experience in industry

You have skills in fluid mechanics or microfluidics and in mechanical design. Some notions of electronics or programming are the cherry on the cake

You combine scientific rigour, pragmatism and creativity

You can think outside the box to find simple solutions to complicated problems, and you get to grips with a complex subject quickly

You dislike routine and you adapt fast when the direction changes

You have a good level of English: most exchanges with colleagues and partners happen in English

You are fluent with prompt engineering and AI tools, to go faster and further alongside us

At MIC, we love action, creativity, autonomy and curiosity. Doing more than saying. High standards towards yourself and real attention to others. A taste for questioning things and for an intense, contrasted life. And people who bring chouquettes (little cream puffs) to share.