MEMS Development Engineer — From Lab to Production

XIVER; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible office hours 07:00–09:00

27 vacation days (+13 purchasable)

Travel allowance €0.23/km

Company laptop

Monthly phone allowance

Office at High Tech Campus Eindhoven

Job summary

XIVER is a fast-growing high-tech semiconductor scale-up located at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. We are developing MEMS solutions for international markets and are looking for a Development Engineer to turn cutting-edge MEMS concepts into manufacturable technology.

You will work at the interface between design and production, developing MEMS manufacturing processes and driving new technologies toward production, with a direct impact on customer success and company growth.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor processing, MEMS fabrication or other cleanroom manufacturing technologies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex process and metrology data into practical engineering solutions.
• Ability to independently drive technical challenges from problem definition to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate MEMS process flows that balance device performance, manufacturability and yield.
• Translate complex technical challenges into structured experiments and data-driven solutions.
• Take ownership of process integration challenges across the full development and manufacturing lifecycle.
• Take the role of batch owner, driving development batches through the factory interacting with many stakeholders in the manufacturing process.
• Drive the industrialization of new MEMS technologies from laboratory concepts to production-ready processes.
• Identify technical risks and define robust engineering solutions that ensure predictable manufacturing outcomes.
• Enable sustainable knowledge transfer through clear process documentation and engineering standards.
• As a member of the Flow Engineering Group, a Development Engineer works closely with Project Leaders, MEMS architects, and Process Engineers in feasibility and prototyping projects translating customer needs into a first prototype.
• Collaborates with Process Engineering and the Manufacturing team to progress to manufacturable solutions to be executed by Operations.
• Partners with technical specialists to solve multidisciplinary process integration challenges.
• Leads effective knowledge transfer between Development and Manufacturing.

Skills

MEMS fabrication

Semiconductor processing

Data-driven problem solving

Independent drive

Education

MSc in Physics

PhD in a relevant field

Job description

XIVER is a fast-growing high-tech semiconductor scale-up located at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. We are developing MEMS solutions for international markets and are looking for a Development Engineer to turn cutting-edge MEMS concepts into manufacturable technology.

You will work at the interface between design and production, developing MEMS manufacturing processes and driving new technologies toward production, with a direct impact on customer success and company growth.