Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop, produce and market revolutionary high throughput scanning probe microscopy systems, enabling atom-scale resolution 3D metrology at industry-level throughput. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced metrology machines, which enable our customers – the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips. In this way Nearfield Instruments contributes to the development of smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

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Nearfield Instruments

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HQNL

Team Size350

Open Jobs58

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Founded: January 2016 as a TNO spin-off (Delft, Netherlands)

Flagship product: QUADRA — in-line, high-throughput 3D scanning-probe/AFM metrology at atomic-scale resolution

Latest major funding: €135 million Series C closed 2024-07-18 (led by Walden Catalyst and Temasek)

Investor base: Backed by strategic and institutional investors including Temasek, Walden Catalyst, M&G Investments, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING, Samsung Venture, Eugene, and TNO

Market focus: Semiconductor process-control metrology for advanced chipmakers

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Semiconductor process-control metrology; in-line atomic-scale 3D metrology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

Founded

2016

Industry

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tech Stack

Scanning probe microscopy (AFM)

High-throughput automation

In-line process-control metrology

3D atomic-scale metrology

Funding Track Record

Series C- 2024-07-18

€135 million

Co-investor M&G Investments (Catalyst strategy); participation from Innovation Industries, Invest-NL, and ING.

- 2023-09-19

€27 million

Existing investors Invest-NL, Innovation Industries and TNO participated.

Series B- 2021-06-03

€17.5 million

Announced as part of Series B financing.

Series B- 2021-07-29

€12 million

Additional equity investment that brought the Series B round total to €48.5 million.

- 2017-10-13

€10 million

Early investment; TNO remained a shareholder.

Bank financing (debt facility)- 2025-12-16

Flexible bank financing facility to accelerate global expansion and scale production capacity.

Investor Signal

“Backed by a mix of strategic, institutional and deep-tech investors, including Temasek, Walden Catalyst, M&G Investments, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Eugene Investment & Securities, and TNO.”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Nearfield Instruments

nearfieldinstruments.com

Nearfield Instruments

nearfieldinstruments.com

HQNL

Team Size350

Open Jobs58

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Founded: January 2016 as a TNO spin-off (Delft, Netherlands)

Flagship product: QUADRA — in-line, high-throughput 3D scanning-probe/AFM metrology at atomic-scale resolution

Latest major funding: €135 million Series C closed 2024-07-18 (led by Walden Catalyst and Temasek)

Investor base: Backed by strategic and institutional investors including Temasek, Walden Catalyst, M&G Investments, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING, Samsung Venture, Eugene, and TNO

Market focus: Semiconductor process-control metrology for advanced chipmakers

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Semiconductor process-control metrology; in-line atomic-scale 3D metrology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

Founded

2016

Industry

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tech Stack

Scanning probe microscopy (AFM)

High-throughput automation

In-line process-control metrology

3D atomic-scale metrology

Funding Track Record

Series C- 2024-07-18

€135 million

Co-investor M&G Investments (Catalyst strategy); participation from Innovation Industries, Invest-NL, and ING.

- 2023-09-19

€27 million

Existing investors Invest-NL, Innovation Industries and TNO participated.

Series B- 2021-06-03

€17.5 million

Announced as part of Series B financing.

Series B- 2021-07-29

€12 million

Additional equity investment that brought the Series B round total to €48.5 million.

- 2017-10-13

€10 million

Early investment; TNO remained a shareholder.

Bank financing (debt facility)- 2025-12-16

Flexible bank financing facility to accelerate global expansion and scale production capacity.

Investor Signal

Founders

What we do

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Join the Team

Field Services Engineer

On-SitePyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, KR

On-Site • Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, KR

About Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing scale-up high-tech company. We design, develop, integrate, market and service advanced metrology machines. Our machines enables our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

Founded in 2016, we bring together the most creative minds (approx. 380 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.

What you’re going to do?

As a Field Service Engineer, you will be servicing our semiconductor metrology systems at the customer fab. You are responsible for periodic and preventive maintenance of our products and execute hardware (HW) and Software (SW) upgrades. You solve potential problems that occur during wafer operations. You also improve procedures, do administrative updates in the issue database, and suggest improvement proposals to increase the serviceability and reliability of NFI products.

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Besides working to improve our systems you are our eyes and ears in the customer fabs for customer feedback about Nearfield and competition.

The work will include:

• Troubleshoot on NFI products in case of problems.

• Collect logging and diagnostics data, analyses and discuss it with the support team and conduct root-cause analysis

• Execute and /or implement solution for problems during service or upgrade.

• Execute tests on (sub)system level and document progress of service and test plans.

• Solve and/or report problems during service and come with improvement proposals.

• Replace spare parts and / or upgrade spare parts using procedures and tools.

• Create test and calibration procedures for (sub)systems of NFI products.

• When required, order spare parts and tools from NFI headquarters.

• Inspection and registration of delivered spare parts and consumables.

• Prepare facilities, tools, procedures and system for service and upgrade.

• Maintain the toolbox which includes inspect and cleaning tools and in case broken, replacing these tools

What do we require from you?

• Strong knowledge of operation/applications of semiconductor metrology tools is required.

• Have 3+ years of field work experience with customer engagement experiences, or 3+ years’ experience in IC processing/semiconductor equipment/ semiconductor industry or related field.

• Have a strong affinity with SW and controls.

• Work experience in the Semiconductor industry.

• Preferably have coding capability (Matlab, Python...etc.) for data analysis, visualization, and algorithm development.

• Flexible and capable of working in a high-tech environment.

• Excellent communication/presentation, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• Be self-driven, independent, yet a strong team player.

What can you expect from us?

You will be working in an innovative and openminded environment where you can direct impact the future of our company. Next to that we also provide an attractive package fitting in the industry and challenges ahead

Do you want to join our team as our new Field Service Engineer South Korea? Then we'd love to hear from you! Please reach out to faezeh.Davari@Nearfieldinstruments.com