FPGA & Scientific Software Engineer Multiphoton Imaging

Overview

Custom FPGA-driven photon counting and real-time imaging for advanced two-photon microscopy. Our group develops advanced multiphoton imaging systems and is seeking an experienced FPGA & scientific software engineer to help develop a custom real-time data acquisition framework for a home-built two-photon laser scanning microscope. The system focuses on FPGA-driven photon counting, hardware synchronization, and real-time fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), without relying on commercial TCSPC hardware.

• Develop FPGA firmware for photon counting and hardware synchronization
• Build real-time acquisition software for galvo scanning and imaging control
• Implement high-speed FLIM data pipelines and real-time visualization
• Document acquisition architecture, firmware/software interfaces, and acquisition workflows
• Collaborate with graduate researchers to guide implementation and ensure long-term maintainability of the acquisition framework

• VHDL/Verilog and Xilinx/Intel FPGA tools
• C++, Python and/or Matlab for real-time imaging or control software
• Experience with scientific instrumentation or custom DAQ systems

• Laser scanning microscopy, FLIM/TCSPC, or optical imaging hardware

U.S.

-based applicants preferred.

UCI Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is internationally-recognized for research, innovation, and translational medicine. It is one of five national Beckman Institutes supported by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation with others at:
California Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford University, and City of Hope Hospital and Medical Center. Each Beckman Institute is dedicated to cutting-edge research at the interface between disciplines. The UCI location is a unique translational technology center, moving new technologies rapidly from the laboratory benchtop to the patient bedside.

Interested applicants should submit a complete CV via e-mail to Mihaela Balu, PhD (mbalu), the PI of the Nonlinear Optical Microscopy (NLOM) Lab at the Beckman Laser Institute at UC Irvine.