Applications Engineering Manager - Semiconductor Metrology

Applications Engineering Manager – Semiconductor Metrology

£69,000 – £80,000 depending on experience

• 25 days annual leave
• Private healthcare/ Death in service/ 4% employer pension contribution via salary sacrifice/ Generous EMI share scheme
• Flexible hybrid working (typically 3 days per week on site)

Would you like to help shape how the next generation of semiconductors is manufactured?

At Infinitesima, we develop advanced metrology systems that help some of the world's most innovative technology companies solve nanoscale measurement challenges.

We're looking for an Applications Engineering Manager to lead our growing Applications Development team – the team responsible for proving what our technology can do in real customer environments and helping turn breakthrough capability into commercial success.

This is a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of customers, engineering, product development and semiconductor innovation, leading both people and technical delivery.

You’ll play a key role in how our systems are demonstrated, optimised and adopted by leading semiconductor organisations, while helping shape the future direction of our products through direct customer insight.

Our customers work at the cutting edge of semiconductor manufacturing, advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Your team will be responsible for helping customers understand, evaluate and unlock the full value of our technology. You’ll lead the work that turns customer challenges into successful demonstrations, practical applications and ultimately long-term product adoption.

This isn't simply a people management role.

You’ll help balance customer ambition, technical feasibility and engineering capacity, influencing how our products evolve while creating repeatable, scalable applications capability across the business.

Based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, we are a highly skilled team of more than 125 people and growing rapidly.

We’re backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Applied Materials.

Our scientists, engineers and technical specialists are united by a shared mission: enabling the next generation of semiconductor innovation through breakthrough metrology technology.

As our Applications Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead, mentor and develop a growing team of Applications Engineers
• Manage delivery of our Early Access Demonstration programme
• Work directly with customers to understand use cases, technical challenges and performance requirements
• Guide customer demonstrations, feasibility studies and technical evaluations
• Act as the escalation point for complex applications and system issues
• Support pre‑sales activities, technical workshops and customer engagements
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to translate customer feedback into product improvements
• Define and improve application workflows, technical documentation and best practice
• Help create scalable approaches for system deployment, optimisation and customer success
• Influence future product direction through customer insight and applications expertise
• Support prioritisation where customer requirements, engineering resource and product maturity need careful balancing

• Applications Engineering, Systems Engineering or another customer‑facing technical role
• Leading, mentoring or developing engineers within a technical environment
• Supporting complex, high‑precision metrology, AFM, microscopy or similar instrumentation
• Translating customer requirements into practical technical solutions
• Delivering customer demonstrations, technical evaluations and system optimisation activities
• Troubleshooting complex systems and driving technical problem‑solving
• Working across mechanical, electronic, software and scientific disciplines
• Communicating technical concepts clearly to customers, engineers and stakeholders
• Managing competing priorities while maintaining a strong customer experience
• Building trusted relationships with demanding technical customers

• Semiconductor metrology
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Surface metrology
• Precisi…