Optomechanics Engineer

Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands (on-site) 

Type: Full-time

About us

AIM Solutions is an early-stage deep-tech startup in Eindhoven building inspection and metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry. We are in active build phase, small, and growing.

The role

You will be the primary lab person on our prototype tool. As subsystems come together, you drive the day-to-day work of getting them physically assembled, aligned, and tested. You are the person who turns arrived hardware and a stack of drawings into a system that works on the optical table or as a prototype system.

Concretely, you will:

• Assemble and align precision optomechanical systems, from individual mounts up to full subsystem integration
• Integrate motion stages, cameras, lasers, and sensors into working setups, and test and drive them
• Design and execute tests for measurement uncertainty, repeatability, and reproducibility, and prove subsystem performance against spec
• Write clear test protocols and maintain rigorous lab logbook that the rest of the team can rely on
• Be the in-house hands-on debugging partner when something in the lab does not behave as expected

Your profile

• Hands-on experience assembling and aligning precision optomechanical systems
• You are comfortable around high-power lasers, including invisible UV and DUV beams, and treat laser safety as a non-negotiable part of lab work
• Comfortable working with motion controllers, cameras and sensors, and integrating them into a system
• Comfortable with Python for hardware control scripts and quick data analysis
• Strong grasp of measurement uncertainty, repeatability, and reproducibility, and how to design and execute tests that prove those
• Writing test protocols and clear logbooks comes naturally to you
• You take ownership from a rough requirement to something that runs reliably on lab hardware
• Full professional proficiency in English
• BSc/MSc with 2+ years of relevant experience in the field of applied physics, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering

Bonus experience in any of these:

• UV or DUV optical systems
• Vacuum or cleanroom work
• Interferometry, wavefront sensing, or other precision metrology
• Scientific instrument integration or industrial automation

What we offer

• A central role in a tool that does not exist anywhere else yet, with your hands on every subsystem
• Small team, short feedback loops, an open environment to have real impact
• Competitive salary for the Dutch market

How to apply

Send a CV and a short note to [email protected]

• Hiring manager: Sven Weerdenburg