Field Application Engineer - South Korea

About Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing high-tech scale-up. We design, develop, integrate, market, and service advanced metrology systems that enable the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers to improve production yields and enhance the functionality of their microchips. With a strong and expanding presence in South Korea, including Pyeongtaek and Dongtan, we are continuously strengthening our regional footprint to better support our customers.

Why Nearfield?

• Broader technical exposure: Go beyond routine service work. Work across different technical challenges, perform true root-cause analysis, and develop an end-to-end understanding of customer issues.

• Real ownership: Take responsibility, solve complex problems, and see the direct impact of your work.

• Continuous learning: Build expertise in AFM, semiconductor processes, and advanced troubleshooting through hands-on experience, learning directly from experienced experts at HQ and in the field.

• Customer intimacy: Work closely with customers and directly understand their technical needs and challenges.

• Global exposure: Opportunities for training at our headquarters in the Netherlands, and close collaboration with HQ and international colleagues.

• Agile culture: Work in a fast-moving environment with open communication and quick decision-making, where you can make a difference.

The Role

In your role, you will be bridging the gap between product development, onsite customer application services, and sales. Helping the world’s leading chipmakers stay in control of their manufacturing processes, you will convince them of the capabilities of our cutting-edge atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems, demonstrating them on customer wafers, and contribute to R&D to meet future needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying our customer’s metrology needs, for which you will work closely with marketing and sales colleagues and attend meetings with customers.

• Demonstrating the capabilities of our products, performing measurements on customer wafers, and analyzing the data generated.

• Reporting and presenting your findings to our customers, showing the unique potential of our systems.

• Creating measurement recipes in the customer fab, working closely with the customer. You will also conduct tests to ensure that specifications are met and train the engineers and operators of our customers.

• Working closely with colleagues in Development & Engineering and R&D to develop new measurement modes and metrology solutions, data processing algorithms, and improve user-friendliness and product performance. You will provide input based on your insights into our customers’ roadmaps, user experiences and needs.

Job requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Materials Science, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a Field Applications, Process Engineering, Applications Engineering, or similar customer-facing role within the semiconductor industry.

• Experience working with semiconductor manufacturing equipment or metrology solutions.

• Solid understanding of semiconductor fabrication processes and manufacturing environments.

• Strong customer engagement and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), or related metrology technologies.

• Experience with data analysis and visualization using Python, MATLAB, or similar programming tools.

• Knowledge of algorithm development or advanced data processing techniques.

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and applications.

What We Offer

• A collaborative and international working environment

• Competitive compensation and benefits package

• Long-term career development within a rapidly growing organization

• Exposure to cutting-edge AFM and semiconductor technology

• Strong ownership and opportunities to grow with the business

Who Thrives at Nearfield?

• Nearfield is particularly suited to people who:

• Are curious and eager to learn continuously on the job.

• Enjoy solving complex problems rather than following established routines.

• Want broader responsibility and ownership of their work.

• Are motivated by ownership rather than structure.

• Are self-motivated and comfortable working in a growing organization.

• Enjoy working directly with demanding, high-tech customers and stay composed under pressure.

• Want exposure to an international team and opportunities to work closely with colleagues in Europe.

• Are excited by challenges, change, and the opportunity to help build something.

Compensations & Benefits

• Commuting allowance

• Holiday allowance (Lunar New Year / Chuseok)

• Business travel support, including daily allowance, transportation, and communication costs

• Annual health check-up support

• Family event leave

Interview process

1) CV screening

2) Recruiter screening interview

3) Technical interviews (2 - 3 rounds)

4) Final interview