Technical Sales Specialist
Key Skills
Job Description
Your mission To drive Mintres’ growth in Europe by identifying and developing new customers in the high-tech and semiconductor industries, while building strong relationships with our existing European customers. You will combine technical knowledge, customer interactions, and commercial thinking to understand customer needs, identify opportunities, and translate them into concrete projects and business opportunities. What you’ll do Identify and develop new customers and business opportunities across Europe. Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective customers. Work closely with Mintres’ development and strategy teams to translate customer needs into technical opportunities and solutions. Work alongside Sales to develop, qualify and follow up on opportunities. Understand customer requirements and clearly communicate Mintres’ technical capabilities and value. Meet customers across Europe and represent Mintres at customer visits, conferences and trade shows. Contribute to technical discussions, proposals and customer presentations. Monitor developments and trends in the high-tech and semiconductor industries to identify new opportunities. Take ownership of your work and be able to operate independently, while being part of a technical and collaborative team. What you’ll bring PhD-level (or equivalent) background in a numerate physical science. Broad knowledge of materials science and semiconductor physics and/or chemistry. Genuine curiosity for technology and a willingness to keep learning. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect technical and commercial perspectives. Ability to understand complex technical challenges and translate them into customer opportunities. A proactive, independent and entrepreneurial way of working. Enjoy travelling and are not afraid to get your hands dirty. Who are we? Mintres is a young, high-tech manufacturing company based in Cuijk/Netherlands- situated at the Dutch-German border- developing and producing diamond and ceramic components for the semiconductor and optoelectronic industries. At Mintres, innovation meets precision — turning complex ideas into high-performance products used in cutting-edge technology around the world.
Core Responsibilities
Drive company growth by identifying and developing new customers in the high-tech and semiconductor industries across Europe. Build strong relationships with existing clients while collaborating with internal teams to translate technical needs into business solutions.
Requirements
Requires a PhD or equivalent background in a numerate physical science with broad knowledge of materials science and semiconductor physics. Candidates must possess strong communication skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a willingness to travel frequently.
About Mintres BV
Industry: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Company size: 11-50 employees
Mintres B.V, established in March 2008, supplies the global semiconductor industry in the areas of electronics, opto-electronics, photonics (InP/GaAs photodiodes) and hi-power lasers. The ISO9001:2015 certified company employs over forty people, continues to grow (+20% in 2020) and invests in novel technologies. Mintres’ specialty is R&D, prototyping and the large-volume production of components (all in-house). The company offers a variety of custom-made products based on synthetic CVD diamond and hi-performance ceramics (aluminium nitride, aluminium oxide, silica): o Thermal management: heat-spreaders (to target “hot-spots”), heat-sinks and micro-coolers. o Optics: laser optical-windows, detectors, sensors, beam-positioning, ATR prisms. o Other CVD diamond products: temperature sensors, electro-chemical sensors, and detectors. Mintres has long experience in the processing of diamond and ceramics, and offers the following services and processing capabilities: o Sputter Metallisation: - Sputter coating (wafers and individual components): Ti, Pt, Au, AuSn, AuGe, Sn, Cu, TiN, Ta, Ni, CuAg, Al, Ag, Cr, and TaN. o Plasma treatment and etching: - Ion Beam Milling, Reactive-ion Etching, Oxygen-plasma cleaning. o QC/QA testing and inspection: - Shearing; wetting; pad-to-pad; adhesion; resistance; thickness etc. - SEM & EDX, automated dimensional metrology, 3D confocal microscopy, optical microscopes, surface profilometer. o Assembly capabilities: - Automated die sorting and manual high precision die bonding. - Large selection of soldering, brazing, and bonding techniques. - Thermal compression bonding. o Laser processing: - YAG laser cutting of diamond and semiconductors, YAG trimmer, UV laser engraving and marking, UV Excimer lasers for high precision ablation. o Dicing of ceramic wafers. o Photolithography for complex precision pattern making. o Mechanical polishing and lapping of diamond. o Large Cleanroom Class 100, chemistry lab and WCR.