Field Application Engineer

Position Overview

As a Field Application Engineer, you will play a critical role in bridging Nearfield Instruments’ technology, customers, and internal development teams. Based at our client site in Leuven, Belgium, you will support the successful deployment and application of Nearfield’s advanced Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) solutions within a leading semiconductor R&D environment. You will work closely with customer engineers and researchers to address complex metrology challenges, demonstrate system performance, and translate customer requirements into future product and application developments. As a highly customer-facing technical expert, you will act as a key liaison between our client, R&D, Product Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams, helping ensure that Nearfield’s next-generation metrology solutions continue to meet the evolving needs of the semiconductor industry.

Why This Role Is Important

The semiconductor industry continues to push the limits of device scaling and complexity. As traditional metrology approaches face increasing challenges, advanced AFM-based metrology is becoming essential for enabling accurate process control at the nanoscale. As a Field Application Engineer, you will help drive the adoption and success of Nearfield’s breakthrough metrology technology within