global application expert.

1. Engineering & Innovation Support: Represent customer applications and requirements during the design of coaters, components, targets, hardware, and software. Provide application-level expertise to guide engineering decisions and rotary sputtering target development.
2. Sales Enablement: Support customer interactions from the earliest opportunity identification through concept development, testing, and final acceptance.
3. Application Ownership: Manage the full value creation process, including post-sales technical support that leads to new developments and long-term customer partnerships.
4. Technology Showcasing: Actively work in and with the state-of-the-art  Application Center to support customer projects, internal innovation, and technology demonstrations.
5. Global Customer Focus: Travel globally to visit customers, support onsite application discussions, troubleshoot challenges, and act as a trusted technical partner.

skills and experience required.

1. Industry Experience: Ideally >10 years of experience in an industrial setting within vacuum coating, sputtering, thin-film processes, glass coating industry, or a closely related field.
2. Role Background: Highly relevant experience in customer-facing technical roles such as application engineering, process engineering, or advanced technical sales.
3. Education: Master’s degree in engineering or sciences, or equivalent through extensive experience.
4. Languages: Fluent English is required. A working knowledge of Chinese is a strong additional asset.
5. Flexible Base: Belgium, USA, or China