Jobs / engineering
Lead Electrical Architect
Nearfield Instruments · Rotterdam
About the role
As Lead Electrical Architect, you are the system owner for the Infrastructure, Interlocking and Computing function of Nearfield Instruments’ metrology platforms. Together with your team, you define the electrical architecture, platform roadmaps, make key technical trade-offs, and ensure robust execution from early concept through industrialized systems deployed at leading semiconductor fabs. You operate as a principal-level engineer: hands-on where it matters, decisive in design choices, and a technical authority across disciplines.
What they look for
MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or equivalent.
10+ years of experience in electrical system design for complex, high-precision equipment (semiconductor tools, metrology systems, advanced instrumentation, robotics, or similar).
Demonstrated ownership of system-level electrical architectures brought to industrialized products.
Experience operating as a senior, lead, or principal engineer in multidisciplinary environments.
Electrical System Ownership
Own and actively lead the end-to-end electrical architecture at system level, combining your own architectural input with leadership of architects and engineers to deliver solutions that meet performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturability targets. Translate system requirements into clear electrical concepts, interfaces, and design rules. Drive architectural decisions and resolve cross-disciplinary trade-offs.