Senior Application Engineer

EPM Scientific; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EPM Scientific in Leuven, Belgium is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to join a major joint development programme with a leading European semiconductor research organisation. The role combines semiconductor applications, experimental development, tool optimisation and technical project ownership.

You will work closely with customer engineering and research teams to integrate advanced analytical technology into semiconductor workflows, supporting applications focused on next-generation

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in semiconductor R&D, equipment, or related high-tech environment.
• Hands-on with advanced analytical tools, metrology and contamination control.
• Experience developing, integrating and troubleshooting advanced equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical activities within a joint development programme and align customer requirements with internal development objectives.
• Collaborate with customer engineering and research teams to understand processes and application requirements.
• Develop and optimise applications through on-site experiments, testing and workflow development.
• Support integration, optimisation and validation of analytical technology in semiconductor environments.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and analyze data to improve tool performance and application capability.
• Coordinate technical studies and collaborate with tool owners, engineers and specialists across the customer environment.
• Communicate findings, project progress and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Document results and contribute to knowledge, training materials and best practices.

Skills

Data analysis

Python

Customer-facing

Project ownership

Education

Physics

Materials Science

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Tools

Analytical tools

Metrology

Surface characterization

Contamination control

Job description

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.