Software Release Manager

About Nearfield Instruments

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.

What will you be doing?

The Software Release Manager is responsible for the delivery of high-quality software releases for complex high-tech systems such as the QUADRA machine.

This role ensures predictable and reliable software releases across multiple Agile/Scrum teams, hardware platforms, and environments (factory, test, and field).

Software Delivery & Release Management

• Own the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases, ensuring stable quarterly deliveries.

• Serve as the single point of contact for the software release timeline and communicate plans clearly to internal stakeholders.

• Define and manage the software release roadmap, versioning strategy, quality gates, release scope and documentation.

• In collaboration with Test Engineers, ensure clear acceptance and test criteria are defined for all releases and patches.

• Lead software integration testing on machines, test benches, and simulation environments.

• Balance stability versus agility, apply engineering judgement to proactively manage risks and timely delivery.

Issue, Patch & Change Management

• Assess, assign, and follow up on software change requests and defects from integration, factory, and field.

• Act as escalation manager for critical issues requiring hotfixes or patches.

• Monitor progress and ensure timely closure of high-priority issues.

• Contribute to and help shape the software CI/CD strategy.

• Improve and automate software development, integration, and release processes.

Where you will be working?

Within our Design & Engineering department this role is part of the Software Group of ~70 engineers working in agile teams across the full stack. You will work across these teams in strong collaboration with the D&E wide system function teams.

What are we looking for?

• Proven 3+ years’ experience as a Software Delivery Manager, Software Release Manager, or Integration Manager in a high-tech, hardware-intensive software environment.

• Experience combining Agile/Scrum ways of working with V-model system engineering, especially in testing and verification.

• Experience with GitLab and/or GitHub.

• Experience with JIRA or similar project tracking tools.

• Comfortable working in a startup or scale-up environment with changing priorities and uncertainty.

What can you expect from us?

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:

• We value your work-life balance

• Time for some relaxation: 30 days of holiday per calendar year

• 8% of your annual salary (gross) holiday allowance

• Commuting allowance

• Work from home allowance

• Discount on your health insurance

• 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.

Recruitment Process

If the above challenges excites you, we encourage you to send us your details using the Apply now button on our career site.

Our recruitment process:

• Screening call with Recruiter

• Technical assignment

• 1st interview (Team manager + Architect)

• 2nd interview (Director of Program Management + Director of D&E + HRBP)

• Meeting our CEO

• Offer

• Onboarding and welcome at Nearfield Instruments!

If you have any questions? Feel free to contact me via:

Pieter Verstraten - Corporate Recruiter x.pieter.verstraten@nearfieldinstruments.com

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.