Applications Engineering Manager - Semiconductor Metrology
About this role
Applications Engineering Manager – Semiconductor Metrology
£69,000 – £80,000 depending on experience
Benefits
- 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)
Would you like to help shape how the next generation of semiconductors is manufactured?
At Infinitesima, we develop advanced metrology systems that help some of the world's most innovative technology companies solve nanoscale measurement challenges.
We're looking for an Applications Engineering Manager to lead our growing Applications Development team – the team responsible for proving what our technology can do in real customer environments and helping turn breakthrough capability into commercial success.
This is a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of customers, engineering, product development and semiconductor innovation, leading both people and technical delivery.
You'll play a key role in how our systems are demonstrated, optimised and adopted by leading semiconductor organisations, while helping shape the future direction of our products through direct customer insight.
Why this role matters
Our customers work at the cutting edge of semiconductor manufacturing, advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Your team will be responsible for helping customers understand, evaluate and unlock the full value of our technology. You'll lead the work that turns customer challenges into successful demonstrations, practical applications and ultimately long-term product adoption.
This isn't simply a people management role.
You'll help balance customer ambition, technical feasibility and engineering capacity, influencing how our products evolve while creating repeatable, scalable applications capability across the business.
About us
Based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, we are a highly skilled team of more than 125 people and growing rapidly.
We're backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Applied Materials.
Our scientists, engineers and technical specialists are united by a shared mission: enabling the next generation of semiconductor innovation through breakthrough metrology technology.
What you'll be doing
As our Applications Engineering Manager, you will:
- 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, optimisation and customer success
- Influence future product direction through customer insight and applications 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
- Supporting complex, high-precision metrology, AFM, microscopy or similar instrumentation
- Translating customer requirements into practical technical solutions
- Delivering customer demonstrations, technical evaluations and system optimisation 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
- Semiconductor process development
- Scientific instrumentation
- Microscopy or nanoscale measurement technologies
- Customer applications engineering
- Field applications engineering
- Technical product demonstrations
- 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
- Product insight, technical storytelling or pre-sales experience
- 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.
Why join Infinitesima?
- Lead a genuinely specialist team in a rapidly growing deep-tech business
- Work directly with some of the most advanced semiconductor organisations in the world
- Influence product direction, customer adoption and technical strategy
- Develop both technical and leadership capability
- Help commercialise breakthrough metrology technology
- Join a business where your impact is visible and your decisions matter
Ready to help shape the future of semiconductor metrology?
We'd love to hear from you.
Note to recruitment agencies: Infinitesima Ltd only works with approved agencies and does not accept unsolicited agency CVs. Please do not submit candidate details in response to this advert, or to any Infinitesima Ltd employees. Infinitesima Ltd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.
A note on how we run interviews:
We use AI only to transcribe our interviews so we can focus fully on you instead of scribbling notes. The AI does not take part in any decision making at any stage. All hiring decisions are made by real humans based on the conversation we have with you.
We recognise the value of flexibility and offer a hybrid working model wherever possible. Most employees work onsite three days per week, although some positions require a greater onsite presence due to the nature of the work and business need
Company at a glance
Infinitesima was spun out of the University of Bristol in 2001 and has been developing innovative metrology solutions which improve speed and precision in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company’s technology combines the 3-dimensional surface detection capability of atomic force microscopy (AFM), with high-speed laser activation and the accuracy of interferometry. The Rapid Probe Microscope (RPM™) is protected by an extensive patent portfolio. The company’s RPM™ technology is being used by leading semiconductor equipment companies globally. Semiconductor devices provide the foundations on which progress in the technology sector are enabled. From Smartphones to Artificial Intelligence, 5G communications to autonomous vehicles, all are made possible through advances in semiconductor processes. Scaling these processes requires sub-nanometer measurement of increasingly complex 3D structures to enable more powerful devices.
Based in Abingdon, UK, we are a high calibre team of 80 people and continue to grow. We are backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of the industry leading equipment company.
Top Benefits
- 25 Days Annual Leave
- Private Healthcare
- Death In Service
- 4% Employer Pension Contribution
- EMI Share Scheme
- Flexible Hybrid Working
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