Project Employee for developing a portable readout for anti-counterfeit labels

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 120 nationalities, 14 000 students, 400 professors and close to 5000 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.The Molecular Nanoengineering group at the Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering (NBE), Aalto University (Finland), operates at the interface between nanotechnology, molecular self-assembly, and plasmonics, with a particular focus on DNA-based artificial molecular systems and functional plasmonic surfaces. The group is part of Aalto’s School of Science (SCI). The NBE department is located at the Aalto University Otaniemi Campus, providing a highly motivating multidisciplinary international research environment with excellent facilities and instrumentation.We are now looking for aProject Employee for developing a portable readout for anti-counterfeit labels.Are you excited to build portable optical/electronic readout solutions for a next-generation security technology that combats counterfeiting?We are now looking for a motivated team member to support the development of readout schemes for plasmonic anti-counterfeit labels. In this position, you will have a chance to make an impact by helping translate state-of-the-art research into a technology with strong commercial potential in the deep-tech sector. Join us in shaping the future!Counterfeit products pose significant risks to the global economy and consumer safety. We are developing a next-generation security labelling technology that is verifiable, unclonable, and irretrievable, using advanced functional materials to create multi-layered security patterns with multiple security levels.The position is linked to an ongoing Business Finland Research to Business (R2B) project. The position is fixed-term (18 months), with an extension possibility, and the new team member should be willing to commit 100% to the R2B project.Your role and goalsYou will work alongside the existing team, focusing on developing a portable readout solution for plasmonic anti-counterfeit labels. Your key goal is to help create and validate practical readout approaches that support further technology development and exploration of commercial potential.Tasks and responsibilities may include (depending on your experience):Developing and testing readout concepts for plasmonic security labels.Prototyping portable measurement/readout setups (hardware and/or optics, depending on your background).Supporting data acquisition and analysis (e.g., imaging-based readout appr...