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

Software Engineer - Device Control

On-SiteRotterdam, South Holland, NL

On-Site • Rotterdam, South Holland, NL

Drive design and development of software components to control complex hardware.

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. 320 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.

Accelerating quality testing is essential for chipmakers to meet the soaring demand for computing capabilities. To meet this need, Nearfield Instruments has developed revolutionary metrology machines. As a (Senior) Software Engineer for Device Control, you will help us write software that drives these machines. Would you like to work at the forefront of metrology innovations while rapidly growing your career? Join us and experience the direct impact that your work has on our and our clients’ performance.

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Who You’ll Be Working With Within our Design & Engineering department this role is part of the Software Group. This SW Group consists of 5 teams (Architectural, Machine Control, Device Control, Data Science, Integration & Support).

You will join the Device Control team consisting of software engineers with a diverse range of knowledge such as embedded software, motion control and PLC software.

What You’re Going To Do

Lead a wide range of software development aspects from design to production
Collaborate closely with other disciplines such as mechatronics and production
Design and implement software components to control complex hardware
Write and maintain high quality, testable and efficient code
Support our customer support and production engineers with their software related questions
Initiate and promote new ideas for continuous improvement of the product
Work independently and as a team member (sometimes on a global scale)

Education: Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems or a related field.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in software development with a strong foundation in Design/Architecture, Software Testing, and Software Integration.
Knowledge: Machine Vision / Computer Vision, Object recognition and Signal Processing knowledge are a plus.
Background: Previous experience in the semiconductors industry is also a plus.

Coding/Design/Quality: Proficient in C#, Python, with a deep understanding of OOP Design and Unit Testing.
Source Control and Configuration: Hands-on experience with Git, as well as familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Process and Tracking: Demonstrated experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and practical experience using Jira for project management and tracking.

Apply for the job If the above challenges excites you, we encourage you to send us your details using the Apply now button on our career site.

Our recruitment process:

Screening by Recruiter.
Tech assignment.
1st interview ( Team Manager + Software Engineer).
2nd interview (HRBP + Director of D&E).
Meeting our CEO.
Offer.
Onboarding and welcome at Nearfield Instruments!

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This means that all profiles offered to Nearfield Instruments will be treated as direct applications. Unless we have explicitly agreed otherwise.