Principle Software Engineer – Systems software

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San Jose, CA, USA
In-Office
202K-278K Annually
Expert/Leader
Hardware • Software • Semiconductor
The Role
Leads systems software architecture, roadmap development, and technical execution for complex hardware-software products. Designs modular solutions, derives requirements, integrates hardware and software, improves code quality and development efficiency, and supports continuous integration, testing, troubleshooting, and legacy modernization. Coaches junior architects and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on manufacturability, serviceability, and testability.
Summary Generated by Built In

Principle Software Engineer at ASML play a critical role in owning and driving the technical details of the projects that would ultimately drive customer satisfaction. We are looking for an experienced engineer and technical leader with strong analytical, design and development skills, technical depth, curiosity, enthusiasm, integrity and being results oriented. You will be a key member of our highly integrated multi-disciplinary matrixed team of software, systems, applications and algorithm engineers. If you have a desire to work collaboratively while solving tough problems across real full software stacks including hardware, firmware, OS, desktop applications and web applications, we want to hear from you.

Role and Responsibility

  • Develop systems software roadmap based on overall product needs
  • Define roadmap for software evolutionary and new technology insertion
  • Develop innovative software solutions to contribute towards product and technology roadmap
  • Instill commonality as part of roadmap to improve operational efficiency
  • Demonstrate systematic problem-solving to resolve problems and standardize solutions
  • Improve operational efficiency in product development specifically during early phases of development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to contribute to system design changes for manufacturability, serviceability, and testability
  • Decompose complex problems and derive software requirements to propose a feasible solution
  • Enable successful technical integration of hardware and software system solutions
  • Drive adoption of best industry practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
  • Utilize OOD and design patterns to design and formulate modular software solutions
  • Contribute to automated continuous integration pipeline to build, test, and release
  • Coach a team of junior architects and be responsible for their deliverables
  • Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication
  • Able to provide refactor solutions such that legacy and new systems can co-exist
  • Able to do performance analysis, troubleshooting and technical support as needed
  • Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

  • Proficient in .NET technologies, C# or C++
  • Hands-on experience with WCF and WPF
  • Hands-on experience in .Net, state machine, distributed, parallel programming,
  • 10+ years of experience in developing software with C#, .NET and C++
  • 10+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and legacy systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience architecting large systems or system of systems in distributed environment
  • Experience architecting common software components across products and programs
  • Experience with software for complex mechatronic systems
  • Experience partnering with product or program management teams using agile process
  • Experience with Python, Redis, SQL, machine learning
  • Experience writing systems software for any of semiconductor equipment, IoT devices, medical systems, robotics, motion systems, mechatronics systems, electron optical systems, calibrations, image processing, process automation, wireless, cameras or sensors

Other Information

  • Travel 10% per year to support software at our customer sites

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

$202,000-277,750

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.

All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.

Inclusion and diversity

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 identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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ASML provides reasonable accommodations to applicants for ASML employment and ASML employees with disabilities.  An accommodation is a change in work rules, facilities, or conditions which enable an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform the essential functions of a job, and/or enjoy equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise participate in the employee pre-selection process, please send an email to [email protected] to initiate the company’s reasonable accommodation process.

Please note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML’s process to request accommodation(s). Any recruitment questions should be directed to the designated Talent Acquisition member for the position.

Skills Required

  • Proficiency in .NET technologies, C#, or C++
  • Hands-on experience with WCF and WPF
  • Hands-on experience with .NET, state-machine programming, distributed programming, and parallel programming
  • 10+ years of experience developing software with C#, .NET, and C++
  • 10+ years of experience architecting and designing new and legacy systems, including architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling
  • Experience architecting large systems or systems of systems in distributed environments
  • Experience architecting common software components across products and programs
  • Experience with software for complex mechatronic systems
  • Experience partnering with product or program management teams using agile processes
  • Experience with Python, Redis, SQL, and machine learning
  • Experience writing systems software for semiconductor equipment, IoT devices, medical systems, robotics, motion systems, mechatronics, electron optics, calibration, image processing, process automation, wireless, cameras, or sensors

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Veldhoven
34,760 Employees
Year Founded: 1984

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.

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