Head of Customer Support (m/f/d)

Bochum

Full-time

Permanent employee

Your mission

You will build and lead Lidrotec’s customer support organisation from the ground up. Your mission is to keep our machines running reliably at customer sites, resolve issues quickly and establish Lidrotec as a trusted production partner for customers across Europe and Asia. You will develop the team, processes, partner network and systems needed to deliver excellent service and represent the voice of the customer and the field within Lidrotec.

Build and lead the customer support organisation

Define and implement the service model for each region, combining in-house field service engineers and external service partners as appropriate
Recruit and lead field service engineers, and select, qualify and manage service partners
Lead the Technical and operational coordination of service technicians, as well as ensuring thorough work planning and providing support for technical issues
Establish a training and certification programme for internal technicians, engineers and external partners

Manage field support and support installation of our tools

Support planning, installations and site acceptance tests (SATs)
Own service delivery for machines in the field, including customer site readiness
Organise preventive maintenance, breakdown response and on-call coverage across time zones
Lead the escalations, coordinate technical resolution with engineering and ensure clear, timely communication with all parties during critical issues

Establish service processes and infrastructure

Build spare parts and consumable management: service BOM, inventory levels and locations, as well as logistics
Develop service documentation with engineering: manuals, troubleshooting guides, maintenance procedures
Implement a service tracking system, installed-base records per tool, and remote diagnostics, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and customer requirements
Define, monitor and report service KPIs: uptime, MTBF, MTTR, first-time fix rate, spares fill rate, SAT yield, warranty cost and customer satisfaction

Your profile

A college degree in engineering (mechatronics, electrical engineering, physics, or a related field) or a comparable technical qualification with extensive professional experience
Several years of field service experience in the semiconductor equipment industry, either with an equipment manufacturer or a semiconductor manufacturer, including leadership responsibilities
In-depth knowledge of production operations: cleanroom work, change control, availability expectations, and escalation of customer concerns
Experience collaborating with customers worldwide, an existing network of service partners or engineers is a major plus
An entrepreneurial, hands-on approach: You enjoy building something new and can work on equipment yourself when necessary
Business acumen regarding service contracts and the spare parts business
Excellent command of English and German, additional languages are a plus
Willingness to travel worldwide on business

About us

LIDROTEC has developed an innovative laser process for cutting microchips, which is used in the production of high-performance chips for smartphones, cars, and medical technology. At our Bochum location, our experienced team is constantly working on improving industrial systems and advancing the technology. Are you ready to be part of this future?