Senior Applications Engineer - Korea

Ready to make massive impact with microscopic magic?

We’re looking for a Korean & English speaking Senior Apps Support Engineer based in commuting distance of Dongan-gu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea!

Are you a Senior Apps Support Engineer who enjoys building relationships with customers, understand their needs and ensuring they are addressed?  Can you work closely with industry experts to understand both current and future requirements.
Do you have experience of probe microscopy in an environment where problem solving is key? If this sounds like you, read on….

Reward and Benefits: 

• 85M to 95M Korean (depending on experience) 
• 12 days annual leave, local benefits and a generous EMI Share scheme

Based in Abingdon, Oxford, UK, we are a high calibre team of 100 plus people and we are growing fast. We are backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures, the strategic venture arm of the industry leading equipment company.

About the role: 

A typical day for a Senior Apps Support Engineer could look like this:

• Being the primary point of contact for customers, creating a positive and supportive experience from the first conversation.
• Guiding customers through data collection and method development, taking time to understand their applications and optimising system and parameters to help them achieve optimum results.
• Ensuring applications projects, move forward smoothly to meet customer needs.
• Sharing product insights and results, presenting information in a professional and engaging manner.
• Exploring and diagnosing performance issues, through troubleshooting system behaviour and set‑up challenges.
• Supporting business development by running samples, presenting data, writing reports, contributing to conference presentations, and offering insightful input to build on our customer relationships.

Who we are looking for:

To succeed as a Senior Apps Support Engineer, we do need you to have:

• A high level of expertise in probe microscopy (AFM)

Nice to have:

• Experience in the Semiconductor industry, ideally in the metrology area
• Project management expertise
• Operation and use of industrial Metrology equipment
• Sales support within analytical instrumentation
• Managing characterisation and demonstration of metrology equipment
• Building effective relationships with customers and stakeholders

 

Education / Qualifications: 

Either a Physical Sciences, Engineering or similar, or a clear equivalent path through relevant apprenticeship or accumulated experience. 

We look for these attributes for our team:

• Self-management: Able to work independently, setting priorities for own work based upon the company goals and targets.
• Teamwork: Engages with other members of the company to bring the best solutions to the problem. Recognise the value that fellow company members bring to enhance own abilities. Supports colleagues with their tasks when critical to the company goals.
• Impact and Influence: Establishes themselves as the knowledge centre in their own field.
• Ownership & Initiative: React and address both short- and medium-term issues and proactively takes action to solve them.
• Results Orientation: Focus on the company goal, avoid distraction, making timely decisions to achieve the target.

A bit about us: 

Infinitesima is a privately owned company founded in 2001, as a spin-out of the University of Bristol, by CTO Professor Andrew Humphris. Our dynamic team of scientists and engineers is focussed on enabling the next generation of semiconductor devices through delivery of innovative products to customers around the world. 

Our strength lies in the varied perspectives that come from different cultures, experiences, and identities. We believe that true innovation is fuelled by collaboration, locally and globally. We strive to foster an environment where everyone can contribute meaningfully and thrive. If you require adjustments to take part in the recruitment process, please let us know, we’ll do our best to support you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Infinitesima Ltd only works with approved agencies and does not accept unsolicited agency CVs. Please do not submit candidate details in response to this advert, or to any Infinitesima Ltd employees. Infinitesima Ltd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

A note on how we run interviews:
We use AI only to transcribe our interviews so we can focus fully on you instead of scribbling notes. The AI does not take part in any decision making at any stage. All hiring decisions are made by real humans based on the conversation we have with you.