Hybrid Senior Application Engineer – Process Integration Expert

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About the role

  • Process Integration Expert at Nearfield Instruments applying expertise in CMP, advanced packaging, and hybrid bonding. Collaborating with researchers and partners to develop innovative metrology solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Apply deep process expertise in CMP, packaging, and bonding to define requirements for advanced metrology solutions.
  • Translate challenges such as planarization (CMP), interconnect scaling (packaging), and bonding interface quality (hybrid bonding) into measurable metrology targets.
  • Collaborate with system architects, AFM/optical experts, and computational scientists to design metrology approaches that tackle high-aspect ratio structures, alignment, dishing/erosion, voids, warpage, and interface defectivity.
  • Work closely with leading semiconductor fabs and packaging partners to validate metrology concepts in real-world manufacturing.
  • Act as the in-house process integration expert, bridging the gap between semiconductor manufacturing processes and next-generation metrology.

Requirements

  • PhD or MSc in Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engineering, or related field.
  • Proven expertise in at least two of the following areas (ideally all three): CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) – planarization, defectivity, dishing, erosion.
  • Advanced Packaging – 2.5D/3D integration, chiplets, interposers, TSVs, reliability.
  • Hybrid Bonding – wafer-to-wafer and die-to-wafer bonding, overlay, bonding interface quality.
  • 8+ years of relevant R&D or industry experience in preferably manufacturing side, or alternatively from the equipment side.
  • Strong ability to translate process knowledge into metrology and process control requirements.
  • Collaborative mindset and ability to operate across disciplines in a dynamic scale-up environment.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 30 Holidays
  • Pension plan
  • Holiday allowance
  • Innovation with passion
  • 43+ Nationalities
  • Growing together
  • Travel the world

Job title

Senior Application Engineer – Process Integration Expert

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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