Recruitment Business Partner High-Tech

Be part of our hightech adventure and help us move towards the exciting Semicon future.

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.

As a recruitment business partner you will join Nearfield's HR/Recruitment team and will be responsible for the end-to-end candidate experience to attract skilled (technical) staff for our organization. We are continuously recruiting experienced candidates in a large variety of engineering- and physics disciplines, to support the R&D, development, and production activities of our semiconductor metrology systems. You are a firm sparring partner for our (hiring) managers and lead and facilitate a smooth recruitment process for each position that will be issued.

Specific tasks and responsibilities include:

• End-to-end recruitment activities for all departments within Nearfield.
• Advising hiring managers on recruitment strategies and best practices.
• Develop, implement, and finetune internal recruitment processes and procedures and procedures.
• Establish relevant partnerships in new countries where Nearfield deploys activities.
• Interfacing and management of Nearfield's Recruitment preferred suppliers.
• Monitoring and finetuning of Recruitment actuals vs planning.
• Development and active management of candidate pools and networks.
• Continuously improve and renew our sourcing strategies, channels, and activities.
• Represent Nearfield Instruments on relevant (career) events.

What do we require from you?

Scale-ups can provide phenomenal learning and development opportunities but can also be a hectic environment at times. You must fit in such a climate and don't mind to constantly implement changes and process improvements, and to go the extra mile on a regular basis and feel comfortable with some uncertainty. Furthermore, you need to recognize yourself in the profile as described below.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in an end-to-end recruitment role for complex technical profiles in a similar corporate environment
• Experience in developing and implementing recruitment strategies and processes
• Strong background in stakeholder management. You need to define and manage expectations and get everyone aligned with the recruitment process.
• Previous experience in the semiconductor industry is a big plus.
• Used to engage with highly skilled people with scarce expertise.
• Genuine interest in tech and willingness to dig in the semi conductor industry
• Good sourcing skills
• Pro-active, problem solving with a hands-on attitude.
• You have an excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken

Getting on board now is a great opportunity to grow with the company from a technical, personal, and financial perspective. Nearfield's momentum is energetic and promising

Our starting point is of course to pay someone a fair and competitive salary and besides this we offer you:

• Valuation of your work-life balance;
• Time for some relaxation: 30 holidays per calendar year (based on 40 hours);
• 8% holiday allowance;
• Commuting allowance;
• Discount on your health insurance;
• Overtime compensation;
• We are here to support one another, and colleagues are there to help you. TEAM is very important, Together Everyone Achieves More
• Besides a challenging role where you can utilize the full extent of your professional knowledge.

If the above mix of technical- and personal challenges excites you, we encourage you to send us your details using the Apply now button. If you have any questions before applying or would like to have a general conversation about Nearfield Instruments, you can contact our Recruiter, Ilona Voshaart via

Please be advised we are looking for people who are already eligible to work in The Netherlands. We are not proving visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.

Recruitment, consultancy and/or other agency?

We appreciate the interest, but we source all our candidates directly. We understand that you as an intermediary want to present candidates to our interesting positions. This is not how we have structured our recruitment.

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