Senior Application Engineer
Senior Applications Engineer - Semiconductor Technology
Location: Leuven, Belgium
We are supporting an innovative semiconductor technology company looking to hire a Senior Applications Engineer to join a major joint development programme with a leading European semiconductor research organisation.
This is a highly customer-facing, technical position combining semiconductor applications, experimental development, tool optimisation and technical project ownership. The successful candidate will work closely with customer engineering and research teams to integrate advanced analytical technology into semiconductor workflows, supporting applications focused on next-generation contamination control.
Responsibilities
- Leading technical activities within a joint development programme, aligning customer requirements with internal development objectives.
- Working directly with customer engineering and research teams to understand processes, technical challenges and application requirements.
- Developing and optimising applications through on-site experiments, testing and workflow development.
- Supporting the integration, optimisation and validation of advanced analytical technology within semiconductor environments.
- Troubleshooting complex technical issues and analysing data to improve tool performance, reliability and application capability.
- Coordinating technical studies and collaborating with different tool owners, engineers and specialists across the customer environment.
- Communicating technical findings, project progress and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
- Documenting experimental results and contributing to application knowledge, training materials and best practices.
- Building strong technical relationships within the wider semiconductor ecosystem.
Your Background
- Advanced degree in Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Experience within semiconductor R&D, semiconductor equipment, advanced manufacturing or a closely related high-tech environment.
- Hands-on experience with advanced analytical tools, metrology, materials/surface characterisation, contamination control or related applications.
- Experience developing, integrating, validating, troubleshooting or optimising advanced technical equipment.
- Strong experimental and data-analysis capabilities; Python experience would be advantageous.
- Comfortable operating in a customer-facing environment and working directly with highly technical stakeholders.
- Ability to take ownership of technical projects and work independently in a complex R&D environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
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