At ASML, our technology enables the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers to produce smaller, faster, and more powerful chips. As a Senior Production Engineer, you will play a critical role in strengthening manufacturing performance, supporting new product introductions, and driving continuous improvement across factory operations.
This Senior Production Engineer position combines technical leadership, problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration to improve manufacturing capabilities and support factory growth. You will help create scalable production solutions, mentor engineers, and lead initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, and operational excellence.
Role and Responsibilities
As a Senior Production Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for manufacturing processes while helping teams solve complex production challenges. You will influence factory strategy, support industrialization efforts, and drive sustainable improvements that deliver measurable business results.
You will:
- Lead manufacturing process improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, and scalability.
- Drive new product introduction activities and ensure manufacturing readiness.
- Provide technical leadership for complex production issues and root cause investigations.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Define and standardize manufacturing workflows across production areas.
- Mentor and develop engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- Partner with engineering, operations, and program teams to solve systemic challenges.
Education and Experience
To be successful in this Senior Production Engineer role, you should have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in production engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrialization.
- Experience leading process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
- Experience supporting manufacturing operations and new product introductions.
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Familiarity with data analysis tools such as Excel, Minitab, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Experience working with enterprise manufacturing systems and production environments.
- Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field is a plus.
Skills
Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.
To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:
- Lead complex technical investigations and implement sustainable solutions.
- Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
- Communicate technical information clearly to technical and business audiences.
- Drive continuous improvement using structured problem-solving approaches.
- Influence decisions and align teams around shared objectives.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and business needs.
- Coach and develop team members through knowledge sharing.
- Apply manufacturing quality principles to improve operational performance.
- Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Other information
This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the 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.
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identify. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.
The current base salary range for this role is currently $102,375- $150,000
Additional Responsibilities: There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
$0-0Pay 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.
All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.
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.
Inclusion and diversityASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in production engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrialization
- Experience leading process improvement and operational excellence initiatives
- Experience supporting manufacturing operations and new product introductions
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and continuous improvement methodologies
- Familiarity with data analysis tools such as Excel, Minitab, Power BI, or Tableau
- Experience working with enterprise manufacturing systems and production environments
- Master's degree in Engineering or a related field
ASML Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ASML and has not been reviewed or approved by ASML.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is broad and employer‑funded to a significant degree, with multiple plan options plus mental health and wellness resources. Complementary offerings like onsite/virtual care, HSA contributions, and a gym subsidy strengthen the overall medical package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family‑forming benefits include paid parental leave, adoption assistance, IVF coverage, and practical supports like lactation rooms and milk‑shipment for travel. These provisions indicate substantial caregiving support across life stages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off can reach a high ceiling when combining vacation and company holidays, with accruals increasing by tenure. Flexible workplace policies and a vacation sell‑back option add usability to the time‑off program.
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What We Do
ASML is a high-tech company, headquartered in the Netherlands. We manufacture the complex lithography machines that chipmakers use to produce integrated circuits, or computer chips. Over 30 years, we have grown from a small startup into a multinational company with over 60 locations across Europe, Asia and the US. Behind ASML’s innovations are engineers who think ahead. The people who work at our company include some of the most creative minds in physics, electrical engineering, mathematics, chemistry, mechatronics, optics, mechanical engineering, computer science and software engineering. Because ASML spends more than €2 billion per year on R&D, our teams have the freedom, support and resources to experiment, test and push the boundaries of technology. They work in close-knit, multidisciplinary teams, listening to and learning from each other.






