Instructional Designer (Temporary position 1 year)
At the forefront of health technology for over 35 years, Munich-based Brainlab digitizes medical workflows, from diagnosis to therapy, to offer clinicians and patients better treatment possibilities. Our innovative digital ecosystem forms the basis for modern healthcare technology in 4000 hospitals in 120 countries.
Our key to success is our creative, talented and hard-working team, which consists of around 2000 dedicated and inspiring individuals in 25 locations worldwide. To succeed in reaching our targets, we are seeking committed colleagues who can stand behind our core values curious, authentic and useful.
Job Description
As a Instructional Designer at Brainlab, you will play a key role in shaping impactful digital learning experiences for both our customers and employees. You will lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality training content that supports knowledge acquisition and product understanding. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will ensure that all learning materials are engaging, effective, and aligned with Brainlab and industrial standards.
Your tasks include:
- Independently design and develop digital training materials
- Ensure all learning content is well-structured, consistent, and aligned with instructional design principles
- Conduct training needs analyses to define learning objectives and guide content development
- Coordinate and lead content-gathering sessions with subject matter experts
- Apply adult learning theory to create engaging and effective digital learning products
- Collaborate with R&D, support, marketing, and product management teams to ensure content consistency and alignment with business goals
- Use authoring tools such as Articulate 360 to create interactive courses, and media production tools like Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign), Canva, or Camtasia to develop engaging visual assets
- Support and contribute to media production initiatives, helping to create high‑quality images, videos and digital learning content
This role is limited to a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, educational science, media production, technical writing, or a related field
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in instructional design or a related educational role
- Strong understanding of adult learning theory and online course design principles
- Proven ability to develop courses
- Experience with authoring tools such as Articulate 360 and visual design tools like Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign)
- Project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and stakeholders
- Excellent English written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint)
- Passionate about education and technology, with interest in the potential of AI in learning
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-quality environments with the ability to adapt quickly
- Collaborative, proactive, and thoughtful team player
Additional Information
- A mutually-supportive, international team
- Meaningful work with a lasting impact on medical technology
- 30 vacation days, plus December 24th and December 31st
- Flexible working hours as well as hybrid work model within Germany
- Bike leasing via cooperation partner "BikeLeasing"
- Parking garage and safe underground bike storage
- Award-winning subsidized company restaurant and in-house cafes
- Variety-rich fitness program in our ultra-modern 360m2 company gym
- Regular after work, team, and company events
- Comprehensive training and continuing education opportunities