Application Scientist for Industrial Solutions

Nanosurf GmbH in Langen, Germany, is currently looking for an experienced and dynamic person for the position of Application Scientist for Industrial Solutions


The role

Based in Dresden or near Ulm, you will be responsible for service and support of large custom AFM systems belonging to key account customers mainly in Germany. Part of your work will be at our partners and customers sites in industrial environments. You collaborate closely with Nanosurf’s sales team to assist our European customers in choosing the best technical solutions for their measurement tasks. Additionally, you will perform installations of new instruments at customer sites and conduct customer trainings throughout Europe. As part of your service tasks, you will support distributors and existing customers with the operation and maintenance of their instruments and coordinate necessary repairs.


The candidate

You are in possession of a PhD degree in Physics, Materials Science, or equivalent field, and have several years of hands-on experience in the area of atomic force microscopy, preferably during your PhD project. You excel through your result-oriented and practical thinking and acting. Besides possessing the skills required for the operation and set-up of complex measurement instruments, you are capable of quickly picking up and understanding customer needs. You are a communicative and open-minded person, native German speaker, as well as fluent in spoken and written English. You are mobile and flexible to visit and work at sites of our partners and customers to develop and run complex industrial measurement machines.


What we offer

The chance to apply your experience and competencies in a practical environment and the opportunity to generate added value for our customers at industry, universities and research institutions. At Nanosurf, your know-how will be integrated in high-end technological products and machines. Your contribution to our scanning probe microscope development and application will help us to reach our ambitious growth targets. After a thorough, initial technological training with our instruments, we will give you much space for the realization of your ideas and expect that you contribute to enhance AFM applications. A highly motivated team of professionals is looking forward to welcoming you in a company with a flat organizational structure.


Please submit your CV for this position to [email protected]


Job ID: NS134052


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