Excillum designs, develops, and manufactures X-ray sources used for quality assurance in industries such as semiconductor, electronics, and battery manufacturing. Other applications include drug development and research in fields like biology, medicine, and materials science. Excillum has customers across Europe, Asia, and the United States. We are now in an exciting phase of advancing the industrialization of the company, and a key part of this journey is developing processes that ensure our products not only remain world-leading in performance, but are also robust, safe, and reliable for industrial production and use. Here, you will have the opportunity to make an impact from the initial idea all the way to the finished product, establish ways of working that take us to the next level, and contribute to the development of technology that truly makes a difference.
You will be part of a team of four people; a Compliance Engineer, two technical writers, and your closest manager. You will work closely with your own team as well as experts in electronics, software, research, production, marketing, sales, and more. Today, we are around 90 employees at the headquarters in Kista, with both labs and production on-site, which means you will be working close to the products being developed.
A few words from your future manager
“Hi! My name is Anton Persson and I have been working at Excillum since 2020. Excillum is a workplace characterized by high ambition, curiosity, and a strong spirit of collaboration. Here, you never stop learning. In this role, you are expected to act as a key connector, working closely with most of our departments, from researchers and engineers to production, as part of our efforts to become more industrialized. If you are motivated by driving change and working with complex, world-class products, you will thrive with us!”
Work tasks
As our Test & Verification Lead, you will act as the central connector between software and hardware, serving as a key point of contact for several of our teams. As we move towards becoming a more industrialized organization, the demands on quality and reliability, both internally and externally, are increasing. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring that our products and ways of working function as intended and meet the highest standards. You will also serve as an important sounding board for your manager on matters related to testing and requirements management, ensuring that all testing and verification activities are comprehensive and follow a structured process.
For example, you will…
- Coordinate the verification activities in projects and align with the team project managers and design owners.
- Ensure both requirement specification and risk analysis are covered by the verification plan.
- Define and improve the verification processes, tools and best practices.
- Have an overall knowledge of all tests that are performed on a product and make sure there is complete verification coverage.
- Keep track on, analyze and present test results. You communicate verification status to stakeholders.
- Develop tests, plan, and practically execute verification of systems against system specification.
- Create and maintain structure for documentation regarding verification from project to product.
- Create and maintain structures for reporting, summarizing and finalizing verification data.
We are looking for
This is a role for someone who enjoys contributing to development and improvement, who takes responsibility, and who likes to think in new ways. You thrive with varied tasks and are ready to step in where needed – at Excillum, we work together as a team!
In addition, you have…
- A university degree (BSc or MSc) in mechanics, physics, electronics, mechatronics, or a related field
- At least a few years of professional experience in testing and verification of products involving both hardware and software
- Experience in driving and developing ways of working within the field
- Excellent command of English, both spoken and written
Other information
- Start: As agreed
- Scope: Full-time
- Location: Kista
- Contact: Recruitment consultants Johanna Sörell, johanna.sorell@academicwork.se and Minna Loosaar, minna.loosaar@academicwork.se
- We work with ongoing selection, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested.
Our recruitment process
- Phone interview with Academic Work
- In-depth interview with Academic Work + personality test & problem-solving test
- Interviews with Excillum + case
- Reference check + decision
- Department
- Research, Development & Operations
- Locations
- Kista
- Remote status
- Hybrid

Colleagues
Kista
On top
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Autonomy
We trust the employees in planning their work and finding the way to the goal, we know this is highly appreciated by our employees.
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Grow your skill-set
Being a small company with a global reach and a multi-disciplinary technology we really enable you to grow your skill-set.
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Energized by our mission
Our mission is to enable new science, improve medicine and enhance manufacturing by continuous development of state-of-the-art X-ray sources.
This is a true purpose. With this on top of mind you will get things done.
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Extras
To help you go beyond we offer parental leave compensation, sick leave compensation, health care insurance, pension, team outings, flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely to mention a few extras. This is of course on top of a competitive compensation.
Life at Excillum
Excillum people are guided by a casual, open-office environment that enables interaction and collaboration between people and teams. The experimental tradition is strong where you will be encouraged to test and move quickly with new ideas. Working close to the mission, each employee really has an impact on our success – and every success is celebrated by the whole team.
About Excillum
Excillum is a leading company in the field of high-end microfocus and nanofocus X-ray sources. Excillum was founded in 2007 by researchers from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden. The first product was market released in 2010, the MetalJet. Our mission is to enable new science, improve medicine and enhance manufacturing by continuos development of state-of-the-art X-ray sources.
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