Electrical Engineer

Introduction of the job

ASML is seeking a hands-on Electrical Test Bench Engineer to lead the development, implementation, and support of advanced electrical test benches used for product validation, integration, and troubleshooting. The successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of test bench functionality, from requirements definition and electrical design through documentation, commissioning, and long-term support.

This role requires strong electrical engineering fundamentals, practical laboratory experience, and the ability to design robust test infrastructure that enables efficient product development and testing. As an Electrical Engineer, you will specify, design, develop, realize, integrate, and test modules and tools in a multi-disciplined team, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners and suppliers.  You will deliver within system specifications, cost targets, and project schedules, ensuring timely realization of solutions that contribute to competitive, achievable, and serviceable products. The Electrical Engineer provides discipline specific expertise throughout the entire product life cycle. This Includes concept feasibility, new product introduction, existing product sustainment and customer facing problem resolution. The position requires highly motivated, extremely organized, and self-driven individuals.

Design:

• Analog and Digital Circuit Design
• Printed Circuit Board Design
• AC and DC Power Distribution Design
• Interlock & Safety Circuit Design and Programable Logic Controller (PLC) Design
• Interconnect Cables and Harness Design
• Electronic Racks, Cabinets, Boxes and Control Console Design
• Perform Root Cause Analysis: Troubleshooting from System to Component Level
• Schematic Capture: Functional Overviews, Cable Overviews, and Detail Wiring Diagrams
• Technical Writing: Define and Document Specifications and Design Decisions

Test & Integration:

• Develop and Implement the Product Validation and Verification (V&V) Strategy
• Design, Develop and Build Product Specific Test Tooling
  • Includes: Simulation, Emulation, and Hardware Test Tools.
• Test Validation and Verification (V&V) of Product Requirements
  • Plan and Execute Component Level Testing & Sub-module Integration
• Plan and Execute Module Level and System Level Integration
• Bridge the gap between Electrical Systems and System Software
• Technical Writing: Define and Document Test Procedures, and Test Reports

Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will contribute to engineering deliverables that scale with job grade, from executing defined tasks and supporting senior engineers to owning complex technical scope, coordinating cross-functional work, and leading program-level outcomes.

Test Bench Ownership

• Define and maintain test bench interface requirements and system architecture.
• Take end-to-end ownership of test bench functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Drive test bench development from concept through deployment and operational support.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure alignment between test bench capabilities and project requirements.

Electrical Design & Integration

• Design electrical test bench hardware, schematics, and system layouts.
• Create and maintain electrical and cabinet designs using EPLAN and Powerpoint.
• Design and integrate instrumentation, safety systems, power distribution, and control hardware.
• Support commissioning, integration, debugging, and validation activities.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Create comprehensive user manuals, operating procedures, and maintenance documentation.
• Publish and maintain technical documentation within Teamcenter (TC).
• Ensure all designs and documentation comply with organizational standards and engineering best practices.

Test Support & Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and resolve electrical, PCB, wiring, and system integration issues.
• Support laboratory activities, prototype builds, and engineering investigations.
• Identify and implement improvements to enhance test bench reliability and usability.
• Identify, analyze, document, and manage requirements with traceability, and coordinate verification criteria to confirm deliverables meet intent.

General

• Conduct research and feasibility studies, document findings, and translate results into recommendations, tradeoffs, and decision inputs.
• Develop engineering concepts and solutions, make technical choices, and resolve issues to meet functionality, performance, cost, and compliance needs.
• Define and communicate specifications and high-level designs, align interfaces, and support reviews and approvals to enable quality execution.
• Support system or product integration by coordinating dependencies, applying configuration management, and enabling smooth project execution.
• Define and execute validation and test approaches, improve methods and procedures, and ensure qualification evidence supports release readiness.
• Estimate effort, plan and track work, manage risks and dependencies, and deliver assigned work packages or projects to agreed quality and timelines.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, share knowledge through coaching and mentoring as applicable, and follow EHS policies while identifying and mitigating safety risks.

Education & experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required. 
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience or a MS degree in a relevant field required.
• Experience with industrial control systems, PLC’s, or motion control systems.
• Experience with electrical cabinet design and system integration.
• Familiarity with safety standards and risk assessment for test equipment (namely interlocked enclosures).
• Experience supporting research, prototype, or high-tech development environments.
• Knowledge of version control, configuration management, and engineering release processes.

Skills

Technical & functional skills

• Proficiency in LabVIEW and MATLAB for test automation, data acquisition, and instrumentation control.
• Proficiency in KiCAD for schematic capture and PCB design.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting PCB assemblies, including breakout boards and test adapters.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Experience with cable design, harness creation, connector selection, and cable assembly.
• Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, DAQ cards, and DMM’s.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.

Engineering Competencies

• Strong system-level thinking and ownership mindset.
• Ability to independently drive complex technical tasks to completion.
• Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

Technical Skills

• Requirements, Interfaces & Technical Specification Management: Ability to identify, analyze, document, and manage requirements with traceability, translate them into clear specifications, and align interfaces so engineering deliverables meet intent and enable reliable downstream design, integration, and verification
• Engineering Solution Development (Electrical): Ability to develop engineering concepts and solutions, make sound technical tradeoffs, resolve issues, and realize designs that meet functionality, performance, cost, compliance, and schedule constraints within system/module specifications.
• Preferred knowledge and experience using design software and technical tools includes:  
  • Electronic Design Automation
    • E-CAD (preferably Mentor Graphics xDX/xPCB Designer)
    • Circuit Simulation Tools (i.e. PSpice or other)
  • Electronic Laboratory Equipment
  • MATLAB
  • LabVIEW
  • Python
• Integration, Verification & Validation (V&V) Execution: Ability to plan and execute verification and validation, ensure qualification evidence supports release readiness, and support system/product integration by coordinating dependencies and applying disciplined configuration/traceability to deliver working, testable solutions.

Behavioral & leadership skills

• Drives Results: The ability to translate strategic and technical goals into clear priorities, execution plans, and measurable outcomes, delivering committed results on time and with the right quality by taking ownership, managing trade-offs, removing obstacles, and sustaining momentum across stakeholders and dependencies. 
• Demonstrates Self-awareness: The ability to understand and manage one’s own strengths, limitations, emotions, and impact on others; to actively seek and use feedback; and to adapt behaviors and decisions to improve collaboration, leadership effectiveness, and results, especially in high-pressure, ambiguous, or complex environments. 
• Values Differences: The ability to intentionally seek, respect, and integrate diverse perspectives and working styles to strengthen collaboration and decision quality, ensuring all voices are heard and treated equitably, and enabling inclusive execution across cross-functional and multicultural stakeholders.  
• Builds Effective Teams: Strengthens team effectiveness by proactively coordinating with others, maintaining open communication, inviting different perspectives, enabling healthy conflict and accountability, and helping create a trusting and inclusive environment. Supports peers through knowledge sharing and informal coaching.
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• Drives Vision and Purpose: Connects individual and team activities to broader project or organizational goals. Helps colleagues understand priorities, communicates the purpose behind decisions, and maintains focus when requirements or circumstances change.
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• What Success Looks Like
  • Well-documented, reliable, and maintainable test benches that support engineering development activities.
  • Efficient and safe test bench operation with minimal downtime.
  • High-quality technical documentation available within Teamcenter.
  • Rapid diagnosis and resolution of electrical and integration issues.
  • Strong partnership with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Other

• This position is located on-site.  It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation. A flexible workplace arrangement is available for remote work up to two days a week. 
• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel (domestic and/or international) dependent on business needs. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $87,375 - $128,000

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:

Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.

The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.

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This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

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