As an Opto-Mechanical Engineer, you will design, develop, and deliver advanced modules and tools that enable next-generation optically enhanced performance in our e-beam systems. Working closely with cross-functional teams and suppliers, you will ensure solutions meet system performance, cost, and schedule requirements while supporting scalable, serviceable products.
This role spans hands-on engineering through technical leadership—owning complex module development, driving roadmap direction, and ensuring seamless system-level integration across current and future technologies.
Role and responsibilities- Own end-to-end technical delivery for module performance and major project scope
- Lead design, integration, and realization of complex opto-mechanical systems
- Make and guide technical trade-offs across sub-modules and system interfaces
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners in complex environments
- Shape multi-year technical strategy and roadmap for your domain
- Ensure system integration, validation, and delivery across multiple designs
- MSc or PhD in a relevant engineering field
- 10+ years of industry experience in optics, lasers, and opto-mechanical or related domains
- Requirements & Specification Management
- Translate requirements into clear, traceable technical specifications
- Align interfaces to enable reliable design, integration, and validation
- Engineering Development
- Applies expertise in precision motion, optics, laser physics, and tolerancing
- Develop solutions that meet performance, cost, and schedule targets
- Drive sound trade-offs and resolve complex technical challenges
- Integration, Verification & Validation
- Plan and execute validation activities to ensure release readiness
- Support system integration through strong coordination and traceability
- Delivers solutions from prototype to high-volume manufacturing
- Drives Results: Converts strategy into clear plans and delivers outcomes
- Self-Aware: Actively seeks feedback and adapts to improve effectiveness
- Values Differences: Leverages diverse perspectives for better decisions
- Builds Teams: Creates aligned, high-performing, and inclusive teams
- Drives Vision: Communicates clear direction and sustains focus through complexity
- ~15% travel may be required
The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
$177,000-265,500Pay 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.
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
- MSc or PhD in a relevant engineering field
- 10+ years of industry experience in optics, lasers, and opto-mechanical or related domains
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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.
