Job Summary:
Mango Inc. is a new type of microscope company focused on rapid bioburden testing. They are seeking a Computational Imaging Engineer to take technical ownership of their optical systems and imaging pipeline, collaborating across multiple teams to develop innovative imaging solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Own and evolve Mango’s imaging stack, including imaging hardware and computational reconstruction
• Develop and deploy CNN-based models for image enhancement, reconstruction, and classification
• Collaborate with software, microbiology, and hardware teams to design imaging workflows that support experimental needs
• Design, prototype, and validate custom imaging systems suited to our platform (including lensless imaging)
• Guide decisions on image quality, signal processing, and hardware/software co-design
• Establish best practices for reproducibility, quality control, and calibration in imaging
Qualifications:
Required:
• 3+ years of industry experience applying CNNs to image processing tasks
• Experience working with microscopy, medical imaging, or other high-resolution imaging systems
• Exposure to optical systems design (e.g., hyperspectral, lensless, or computational imaging)
• Fluency in Python and PyTorch
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills; ability to work closely with microbiologists and engineers
• Passion for solving real-world problems with end-to-end system thinking
• Prior work in a fast-paced startup or product-focused R&D environment
Preferred:
• Experience with inverse problems or physics-informed machine learning
• Familiarity with hardware/software integration
Company:
At Mango, we believe sterility and bioburden testing shouldn’t take weeks. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, US, , with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.