Platform Performance Systems Engineer - Throughput & Precision

Infinitesima; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health

Death in Service (x3 salary)

Job summary

Infinitesima in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, is seeking a Systems Engineer – Platform Performance to own key performance functions across Metron, our high-throughput Atomic Force Microscopy platform. This role spans hardware, software, data and real-world system behaviour to impact throughput and accuracy.

You will define measurable requirements, build performance budgets, run tests, analyze data and collaborate across disciplines to deliver production-ready system performance in a customer-proven

Qualifications

• Experience in complex, high-precision or multi-disciplinary instrumentation.
• Semiconductor experience is a bonus but not required.
• 5–10 years of industry experience in a relevant field.
• Proficient in analyzing system-level data, logs or test results.

Responsibilities

• Owning system-level performance areas including throughput, wafer navigation, repeatability and time-to-recipe.
• Translating customer and stakeholder needs into clear, measurable platform performance specifications.
• Defining and managing performance budgets across wafer handling, stage motion, measurement workflows and data processing.
• Developing and running test plans to validate performance against requirements.
• Using tool logs, instrument data and evidence-based analysis to identify where time, accuracy or repeatability are being lost.
• Collaborating with engineering, quality and project teams to support integration and practical improvements.
• Helping make the instrument faster to run, quicker to set up and more predictable in production use.

Skills

Systems engineering

Platform performance

Throughput

Timing

Motion or positioning

Requirements definition

Measurable specification writing

Data analysis

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Excel

Job description

Infinitesima in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, is seeking a Systems Engineer – Platform Performance to own key performance functions across Metron, our high-throughput Atomic Force Microscopy platform. This role spans hardware, software, data and real-world system behaviour to impact throughput and accuracy.

You will define measurable requirements, build performance budgets, run tests, analyze data and collaborate across disciplines to deliver production-ready system performance in a customer-proven