Application Team Lead

Nova is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Application Lead to lead an onsite team of Application Scientists and Engineers supporting a strategic semiconductor customer.

This role combines technical leadership, people management, and customer engagement to drive the development, optimization, and implementation of advanced materials metrology solutions.

Why Nova:

• Certified Best Places to Work from "Great Places to Work" between 2022-2026 (Rated by our employees) Top 30 in our industry category 
• Customer focus: We value building strong relationships. You'll be the face of Nova, working closely with customers to understand their needs.
• Continuous learning: We're passionate about growth. You'll gain in-depth knowledge of cutting-edge metrology tools, participate in industry trainings, and receive ongoing mentorship from experienced engineers.

What Will You Do?

• Lead and manage an onsite applications team, overseeing daily activities, project priorities, performance, and professional development.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer applications activities, managing expectations, commitments, and escalations.
• Drive the development, optimization, and qualification of Nova's OCD, XPS, XRF, and SIMS metrology applications.
• Lead complex technical investigations, troubleshooting, and problem-solving activities in semiconductor manufacturing environments.
• Manage application projects, including timelines, deliverables, resource allocation, and customer reporting.
• Promote Best Known Methods (BKMs), statistical methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Management, Service, and Sales to address customer needs and support new technology adoption.
• Build strong customer relationships and identify opportunities to expand Nova's solutions within the account.
• Mentor, coach, and develop team members while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.

What Will Make You Successful?

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, preferably in applications engineering, process development, or metrology.
• Strong technical expertise in semiconductor metrology, including XPS, XRF, SIMS, OCD, ODD, or related technologies.
• Hands-on semiconductor fab experience and understanding of advanced manufacturing processes, including deposition, etch, CMP, and advanced packaging.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams or complex customer-facing projects.
• Strong customer management, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, domestically and internationally.

Get to know us better:

Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global company and a leading provider of innovative metrology solutions for process control in semiconductor manufacturing.

With a team of ~1200 people in three R&D centers and 27 field offices, we bring insights into the world’s most advanced industry. We leverage multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.

Nova dives deep into dimensions and layers at the atomic level to extract unique insights and provide our customers with crucial decision-making data, managing critical challenges by providing unique, differentiated solutions.

Our outstanding people-focused and innovative culture means every person at Nova has the power to make an impact and significantly redefine what people can achieve through technology.

Join us if you are 

A dreamer and brilliant high aimer who sees the impossible as the starting point and loves working in a multidisciplinary global team to create innovative breakthroughs.

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