Applications Engineering Manager - Semiconductor Metrology

Infinitesima Ltd; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Death in service

4% employer pension contribution via/s

EMI share scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

Infinitesima Ltd is seeking an Applications Engineering Manager to lead a growing team that demonstrates and validates our metrology technology with customers in semiconductor environments. You will shape demonstrations, guide feasibility studies and drive practical applications that translate into commercial success across our product line.

You will balance customer needs with engineering capacity, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, repeatable deployment

Qualifications

• Customer-facing technical role experience
• Experience leading engineers in a technical environment
• Ability to translate customer requirements into practical technical solutions
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, demonstrations and evaluations

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a growing team of Applications Engineers
• Manage delivery of Early Access Demonstration programme
• Work directly with customers to understand use cases and requirements
• Guide customer demonstrations, feasibility studies and technical evaluations
• Act as escalation point for complex applications and system issues
• Support pre-sales activities and customer engagements
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to translate feedback into product improvements
• Define and improve application workflows and documentation
• Create scalable deployment and customer success approaches
• Influence future product direction through customer insight

Skills

Customer-facing

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Physics/Engineering degree

Alternative routes accepted

Tools

AFM

Microscopy

Metrology equipment

Job description

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

• 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.

Location and work pattern

All of our new UK team members are asked to work on site here at Abingdon during their first three months with us. We offer flexible, hybrid working where possible upon completion of probation.