Optics Engineer

To keep pace with the soaring demand for semiconductor performance and precision, Nearfield Instruments is developing and building cutting-edge 3D metrology systems. As an optics engineer in the functional teams of navigation and MAFM, you will take the technical lead for one or more critical optical modules in our revolutionary machines. Bridging the gap between system-level ambitions and design execution, you'll translate performance requirements into clear, realizable concepts, and ensure they’re delivered with excellence.Would you like to work at the forefront of high-tech innovation while playing a key role in our next stage of growth? Join us and lead the development of next-generation metrology solutions with direct impact on our clients and the semiconductor industry worldwide.What you’re going to doAs an optics design engineer, you are technically responsible for the optical modules in our products — from the first concept to volume production and beyond. Working closely with System Engineering and the Architects, you will convert system-level KPIs into concrete designs. You’ll participate in multidisciplinary teams for the design and realization of complex high-precision modules, ensuring they meet specifications across performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost etc.Your main responsibilities include:Interpret system level requirements and translate them to optical performance metrics and design into optical module part of the system.Taking technical ownership of development projects for your optical module, ensuring alignment between disciplines and stakeholders.Making key design decisions — including optics system design by use of optics modelling and sensitivity and tolerance analysis.Opto-mechanical integration by defining the correct opto-mechanical interfaces and alignment strategy together with the assembly and test protocols for the factory. So this includes the production tool set to enable the assembly and test in production.Hands-on first proto assembly, integration and test of the new optical modules and transfer to production engineering and assembly, test and integration engineering.Design documentation delivery according the Nearfield templates and documentation structure.Who you’ll be working withYou will join our high-impact, internationally diverse development team and collaborate closely with System Engineering, Electronics, Software, Control, Mechatronics and Mechanics experts. Together with this tech-savvy team, we design and realize groundbreaking machines that redefine what’s possible in semiconductor metrology. We thrive in a knowledge-sharing, open environment where autonomy and technical leadership are encouraged — and where your ideas shape the direction of our technology.