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HORTIHEROES | AVAG | WORLD HORTI CENTER Jobs for Growth is powered by: HortiHeroes, World Horti Center & AVAG • jobs · • companies Biomedical Optical Scientist | DELFT TNO Delft, Netherlands Posted on Jul 28, 2026 About this position TNO Optics designs and fabricates high-end optical systems for a broad range of applications, such as space-based atmospheric monitoring, optical satellite communication, medical instrumentation, quantum technologies, structural health monitoring and instrumentation for the semiconductor industry. This work is for customers including Airbus, NASA and Heidelberg Engineering. Our optics technology expertise ranges from large-scale geometrical optics to fibre optics, integrated photonics and sub-wavelength metamaterials. See more of the TNO Unit High Tech Industry on the TNO website. What will be your role? With a background in physics, and a strong interest in optics and medical applications, you will be working as an Optical Scientist specialized in developing and analyzing Monte Carlo based light propagation simulations. TNO develops optical simulations for use in the next generation of medical devices with current applications in the skin, retina, and brain. Our projects are typically multi-disciplinary, combining expertise with substantial knowledge of the respective application domains. You will work closely with your direct colleagues of the Optics group, with other TNO experts from other domains, and with external stakeholders from research organisations and companies from across the world. As an Optical Scientist, you will work collaboratively with our team of physicists and biomedical engineers on our in-house Python package for Monte Carlo photon propagation simulations ( TOMCA ). You will play a crucial role in developing and refining simulation models for light transport through human tissues and image analysis, with a focus on retinal and skin applications and analysis for a va...