Applications Manager
Abingdon, Oxfordshire (onsite, with global travel)
Would you like to shape how next-generation semiconductor tech is delivered at scale?
As our Applications Manager, you’ll be leading a high-impact team working directly with customers to deploy, optimise and scale advanced AFM-based metrology systems. Sitting at the intersection of applications engineering, product, and global customer delivery, you’ll be influencing how our technology performs in the field — and how it evolves.
Reward & Benefits
- £79,000 – £92,000 (depending on experience)
- 25 days annual leave
- Private healthcare + death in service
- 4% pension (salary sacrifice)
- EMI share scheme (real ownership)
You’ll be joining a growing deep-tech business (100+ people) backed by global investors including Applied Ventures.
Why this role is different
- Leading a global applications engineering team delivering into semiconductor fabs
- Working with next-generation AFM metrology technology used by leading industry players
- Shaping how systems are deployed, optimised, and scaled globally
- Playing a direct role in product improvement through customer insight
A typical day for an Applications Manager could look like this
- Leading and developing a global team of application engineers
- Working directly with semiconductor customers to understand use cases and challenges
- Supporting installation, acceptance testing, and optimisation of complex instrumentation
- Acting as the escalation point for advanced technical issues
- Translating customer needs into practical engineering solutions
- Collaborating with product and engineering teams to improve system performance
- Supporting pre‑sales demos and technical feasibility discussions
- Driving continuous improvement in how systems are deployed and used
- Supporting global customer sites (with occasional international travel)
What we’re looking for in our Applications Manager
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:
- Experience in applications engineering, systems engineering, or field-based technical roles
- Background working with complex, high-precision instrumentation (e.g. semiconductor, metrology, AFM)
- Strong experience delivering customer-facing technical solutions
- Confidence leading, mentoring, or developing a small technical team
- Ability to translate real-world problems into clear technical solutions
- Systems-level understanding across mechanical, optical, and electronic systems
Nice to have:
- Experience working in the semiconductor industry
- Exposure to AFM, metrology, or inspection systems
- Experience supporting global deployments and customers
- Background in a scaling or high-growth tech environment
Education:
- Degree in Physics, Engineering, Materials Science, or similar or equivalent hands‑on / industry experience
We look for the five Cs from our colleagues:
- Customer Focused – Staying close to customer needs and consistently delivering value that builds trust.
- Caring – Creating a supportive environment where people look out for each other and can thrive.
- Collaborative – Sharing ideas openly, communicating clearly, and working together to solve problems.
- Commitment – Taking ownership, following through on promises, and acting with integrity.
- Continuous Improvement – Always learning, challenging the status quo, and improving how we work and deliver.
About us
Infinitesima is a deep-tech company developing advanced atomic force microscopy (AFM) metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry. Our technology is helping leading manufacturers better control and optimise increasingly complex processes.
We’re a global team of scientists and engineers, growing fast, and backed by leading industry investors.
We care about creating an environment where people can do their best work — and we’re always open to making adjustments to support you through the hiring process.
A note on how we hire
We use AI only to transcribe interviews so we can stay focused on you. It doesn’t make decisions — people do.
Location
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire (primarily onsite)
- Some international travel required
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