Training & Outreach events Specialist  

NanoIC is a European pilot line hosted by imec, focused on advancing next generation of nanoelectronics and integrated circuit technologies. As a cornerstone of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem, the NanoIC pilot line connects cutting-edge R&D with academia, industry, and competence centers, enabling knowledge transfer, skills development, and technology adoption at scale.  
Training, education and outreach are critical enablers of this mission. NanoIC combines expert‑level training for academic faculty and future R&D talent with targeted outreach activities that introduce future R&D and fab‑oriented technical profiles to pilot line environments and career opportunities across Europe. 

In this role, you will take ownership of the operational delivery of the NanoIC expert course portfolio and associated schools, while also driving the implementation of outreach activities. You work closely with internal R&D and fab stakeholders, HR- and communication teams, and external partners to translate NanoIC priorities into concrete learning and outreach activities. Your role centers on hands‑on execution, coordination, and follow‑up, ensuring smooth delivery and strong engagement with the target audiences. 

Given the highly technical nature of NanoIC technologies and audiences, this role requires a solid engineering background. An engineering degree is important to engage confidently with R&D and fab experts and to contribute to the translation of complex semiconductor technologies into high-quality learning and outreach experiences. This technical foundation is ideally complemented by a degree or relevant experience in education, learning & development, or instructional design, enabling the role holder to bridge deep technology with effective pedagogy. 

What you will do

Expert training  

• Take ownership of the operational delivery of the NanoIC expert course portfolio within the Skill Development & Education work package, including planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting. 
• Coordinate the practical set-up of expert courses on NanoIC-related technologies, in close collaboration with R&D subject matter experts, aligning on content scope, faculty involvement, formats, and delivery approach. 
• Organize recurring NanoIC schools (e.g. spring and winter schools), overseeing calendars, speakers, logistics, communications, and overall participant experience. 
• Contribute to the setup and delivery of ad hoc expert courses in response to emerging technological or ecosystem needs, from scoping and instructional design through pilot delivery and scaleup. 
• Contribute to design and delivery of expert training programs tailored to multiple target groups (scientific master and PhD students, academic faculty, and—where capacity allows—industry professionals), selecting appropriate delivery modalities (in person, blended, virtual). 
• Safeguard training delivery quality by briefing trainers, facilitating sessions, managing learning platforms, and proactively removing operational bottlenecks. 

Outreach & ecosystem engagement  

• Drive the operational implementation of NanoIC outreach activities, with a focus on handson coordination and execution. 
• Own the practical rollout of outreach activities aimed at future R&D talent, building on existing initiatives such as Student Excellence Days and targeted academic outreach campaigns.  
• Take an active role in developing and piloting outreach formats for future faboriented technical talent, a target group currently addressed only on ad hoc basis, by exploring and implementing initiatives such as apprenticeships, guest lectures at technical education institutions, and guided imec visits focused on fab roles. 
• Contribute to defining the outreach approach for key audiences (academia, consortium partners, EU competence centers) and work with the communication team on campaigns, event pages, and visibility, ensuring expert training activities are consistently embedded in broader NanoIC and pilot‑line outreach efforts. Collaborate with counterparts of consortium partners to cocreate, copromote, and crosspollinate expert training offers across initiatives. Evaluate programs using participant feedback, learning analytics, and business KPIs, and iterate content and formats to drive continuous improvement. 
  
  

Impact, collaboration & operational support 

• Take responsibility for collecting feedback and participation data from training and outreach activities, contributing to reporting and continuous improvement. 
• Coordinate operational collaboration with consortium partners, including alignment on joint activities, promotion, and information exchange. 
• Track actions, timelines, and practical next steps for L&D and outreach initiatives, escalating issues and risks where needed and working under guidance of senior colleagues. 
• Optimize the use of the LMS for external participants; evaluate registration flows, and help to define and implement streamlined, scalable processes for course and event registration, in collaboration with internal stakeholders.  
• Occasionally support the broader training operations team. This may include hands‑on, administrative and executional tasks related to your courses and events, such as registrations and participant follow‑up, logistics coordination, practical on‑site or virtual support. 

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. 

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits. 

What you bring 

• A master’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline (e.g. electronics, physics, materials science, nanotechnology); a PhD is a plus. 
• Ideally complemented by a degree or relevant professional experience in education, learning & development, instructional design, or academic teaching. 
• Initial experience (through work, internships, or academic projects) in coordinating activities, events, training programs, or educational initiatives is an asset. Motivation to take ownership of hands-on implementation and operational delivery in a European hightech environment. Ability to work in a structured and organized way, managing multiple activities and stakeholders in parallel.  
• Comfortable communication across domains such as R&D, faculty, training operations, communications, and external partners. 
• Solid understanding of training operations, including scheduling, trainer coordination, vendor management, communications, and learning platform workflows. A pragmatic, learningoriented mindset and willingness to grow into the role.  
• A data informed mindset for program evaluation (e.g. surveys, NPS, participation and completion metrics, application on the job). 
• Excellent written and spoken English; Dutch is an asset. 
• Interest in semiconductor technologies and in working at the interface of academia, R&D, and industry. 

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