Semiconductor Equipment Engineer

QuantWare BV; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + 8% holiday

Pension plan with partner and depend**

Hybrid work setup

L&D budget for growth

Team events and offsites

Job summary

QuantWare is building the world’s most powerful quantum processors and scaling manufacturing capabilities with a small, high-ownership team. The Semiconductor Equipment Engineer will lead end-to-end tool installations, optimize maintenance, and coordinate upgrades for a new nanofab line, in a hybrid setting.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with advanced equipment in cleanrooms, experience with high-vacuum tools, and familiarity with cryogenic systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting advanced equipment (ideally in commercial cleanrooms).
• Experience with high-vacuum tools, ideally semiconductor nanofabrication equipment.
• Familiarity with cryogenic or dilution refrigerator systems is a strong plus.
• Relevant technical degree or equivalent background in instrumentation, electrical engineering, or mechatronics.
• Systematic problem solver with strong planning and coordination skills.
• Comfortable working under time pressure in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Self-driven, team-oriented, and able to operate with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end installations with OEMs: planning, FAT/SAT, and through IQ/OQ to get capacity qualified and in production as early as possible.
• Own preventive maintenance: define, perform and continuously optimize PM schedules, spares, and documentation to maximize uptime.
• Drive corrective maintenance: rapid troubleshooting, deep root-cause analysis, permanent corrective actions, and clear reporting.
• Build the new fab: support the commissioning of our state-of-the-art cleanroom and nanofab line—part of our multi-million investment in scaling manufacturing.
• Tight process–equipment alignment: work closely with Process Engineering to ensure equipment capabilities, process requirements and factory operations stay in lock-step.
• Own facilities interfaces once operational: gas, vacuum, cryogenic, electrical, cooling water, chemical and exhaust systems tied to your tools; coordinate upgrades as the cleanroom ramps.

Skills

Hands-on experience

Installation & maintenance

Troubleshooting

Planning & coordination

Time pressure in startup

Self-driven & team-oriented

Education

Technical degree or equivalent (Instrumentation)

Electrical engineering

Mechatronics

Tools

High-vacuum tools

Semiconductor nanofabrication equipment

Cryogenic / dilution refrigerator systems

Job description

About Us

QuantWare is building the world’s most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges. We do this with our unique VIO technology, the only QPU architecture that breaks the hardware barriers that have held quantum computing back, unlocking the path to MegaQubit quantum processors.

With VIO, we are paving the way for the hyper-scale quantum computers that will change the world. And delivering on that vision demands people who don’t shy away from tackling the hardest challenges of our time. That’s where you come in!

As a Semiconductor Equipment Engineer, you will play a critical role in scaling our manufacturing capabilities. Working in a small, high-ownership team, your mission is to bring new tools online fast and keep them running with exceptional reliability. These tools range from high-vacuum nanofabrication tools (lithography, etching, deposition), to dilution refrigerators, and from advanced characterization equipment to lab equipment.

What you'll be doing

• Lead end-to-end installations with OEMs: planning, FAT/SAT, and through IQ/OQ to get capacity qualified and in production as early as possible

• Own preventive maintenance: define, perform and continuously optimize PM schedules, spares, and documentation to maximize uptime

• Drive corrective maintenance: rapid troubleshooting, deep root-cause analysis, permanent corrective actions, and clear reporting

• Build the new fab: support the commissioning of our state-of-the-art cleanroom and nanofab line-part of our multi-million investment in scaling manufacturing

• Tight process–equipment alignment: work closely with Process Engineering to ensure equipment capabilities, process requirements and factory operations stay in lock-step

• Own facilities interfaces once operational: gas, vacuum, cryogenic, electrical, cooling water, chemical and exhaust systems tied to your tools; coordinate upgrades as the cleanroom ramps

Your Profile

• Hands-on experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting advanced equipment (ideally in commercial cleanrooms)

• Experience with high-vacuum tools, ideally semiconductor nanofabrication equipment

• Familiarity with cryogenic or dilution refrigerator systems is a strong plus

• Relevant technical degree or equivalent background in for example instrumentation, electrical engineering, mechatronics

• Systematic problem solver with strong planning and coordination skills

• Comfortable working under time pressure in a fast-moving startup environment

• Self-driven, team-oriented, and able to operate with minimal oversight and high ownership

What We Offer:

At QuantWare, you’ll be part of a high-performing team of world-class experts in an ambitious, fast-moving environment. From day one, you’ll have the trust, tools, and support to do your best work. Here’s what you can expect:

• Competitive salary - A salary that reflects the impact and importance of the role (and of course 8% holiday allowance)
• Pension that’s built to last - A generous and future-proof pension plan that includes partner and dependent coverage.
• Flexibility built on trust - We focus on outcomes. Work flexibly, in a hybrid setup, with an open vacation policy that lets you manage your time
• Personal growth - We invest in your L&D, with a budget available to each team member, dependent on their individual ambitions, development needs, and performance
• A connected team - We make space to celebrate wins together, with team events, offsites, and spontaneous moments that bring us closer

Diversity & Inclusion at QuantWare

We’re an ambitious company, not only for our goals but also to become an even more diverse and inclusive team. We know this helps us with better decisions, more innovation, and strengthens our culture. In particular, we’d love to see more women in the quantum industry!

As part of our recruitment process, candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment screening.