Applications Engineering Manager – Semiconductor Metrology
Abingdon, UK
Applications Engineering Manager – Semiconductor Metrology
25 days annual leave
Private healthcare/Death in service/4% employer pension contribution via salary sacrifice/Generous EMI share scheme
Flexible hybrid working (typically 3 days per week on site)
Overview
Infinitesima develops advanced metrology systems that help customers solve nanoscale measurement challenges in semiconductor manufacturing, materials science and nanotechnology.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead, mentor and develop a growing team of Applications Engineers
- Manage delivery of our Early Access Demonstration programme
- Work directly with customers to understand use cases, technical challenges and performance requirements
- Guide customer demonstrations, feasibility studies and technical evaluations
- Act as the escalation point for complex applications and system issues
- Support pre-sales activities, technical workshops and customer engagements
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to translate customer feedback into product improvements
- Define and improve application workflows, technical documentation and best practice
- Help create scalable approaches for system deployment, optimization and customer success
- Influence future product direction through customer insight and application expertise
- Support prioritisation where customer requirements, engineering resource and product maturity need careful balancing
What we’re looking for
- Applications Engineering, Systems Engineering or another customer-facing technical role
- Leading, mentoring or developing engineers within a technical environment
- Translating customer requirements into practical technical solutions
- Delivering customer demonstrations, technical evaluations and system optimization activities
- Troubleshooting complex systems and driving technical problem-solving
- Working across mechanical, electronic, software and scientific disciplines
- Communicating technical concepts clearly to customers, engineers and stakeholders
- Managing competing priorities while maintaining a strong customer experience
- Building trusted relationships with demanding technical customers
Particularly relevant experience
We’re especially interested in hearing from people with experience in:
- Semiconductor metrology
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Surface metrology
- Precision instrumentation
- Scientific instrumentation
- Microscopy or nanoscale measurement technologies
- Customer applications engineering
- Field applications engineering
- Customer adoption of complex technology solutions
Nice to have
- Experience working directly with semiconductor customers
- Experience supporting semiconductor fabs or process development teams
- Exposure to AFM, metrology, microscopy, inspection or other nanoscale measurement systems
- Experience supporting international customers and deployments
- Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and workflows
Education / Qualifications
A degree in Physics, Engineering, Materials Science, Systems Engineering or a related discipline would be beneficial. However, we’re equally interested in people who have developed their expertise through apprenticeships, industry experience or a combination of technical and leadership progression.
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