Senior Applications Engineer

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Hillsboro, OR, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Hardware • Software • Semiconductor
The Role
Leads technical escalations and customer support for ASML systems in advanced-node high-volume manufacturing. Owns project workstreams, troubleshooting, lithography and metrology issue resolution, customer experiments, data analysis, technical presentations, requirements definition, and stakeholder communication. Provides technical guidance to junior engineers and supports new system introductions and node transitions. Requires expertise in IC manufacturing, lithography, metrology, MATLAB or Python, project management, and stakeholder management.
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Introduction to the job

Applications Engineering – Creating Tomorrow’s Value: We pro-actively enable business development and drive customer adoption of a tailored portfolio of sustainable ASML solutions by applying our industry product and process knowledge in a collaborative learning environment.


Senior Applications Engineer leading system performance related technical escalation, tech lead in driving time to containment and solution individually, with team members and leveraging resources to ensure class leading CS Application support on an advanced node HVM in US region.


Due to the scope and impact of this role, it offers you the opportunity to grow further in technical expertise roles, or project or management leadership roles


Role and responsibilities
  • Participate and/or co-lead projects aligned with lead application engineer aimed at new systems introduction and supporting the HVM2HVM node transition. 
  • Own workstreams within a larger project; develop and drive autonomously a project plan and chase a successful execution with regular updates to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support troubleshooting and escalation process for customer on-product issues on ongoing basis.
  • Translate a customer on-product issue into a potential lithography or metrology related problem statement, resolve these issues to help them maximize the performance and use of ASML products.
  • Define and join customers’ (on-product) experiments and data analysis to ensure that they are performed in an efficient manner for accuracy and demonstrate ASMLs product value. 
  • Meet with internal and external stakeholders to maintain two-way level of commitment to keep all involved and affected parties informed of progress.
  • Prepare technical presentations for customer meetings, provide new user support, and assists sales. 
  • Define and drive customer requirements for existing or evaluation products based on technical intimacy with the customer. 
  • Give technical guidance to junior engineers; closely collaborate with project leads and equipment peers.

Education and experience
  • Master's degree or PhD in a technical discipline with a minimum 5 years’ work experience.
  • Minimum 8 years’ experience in an IC manufacturing environment with a technical background on lithography and/or on-product metrology, high-end DUV or EUV preferred. 
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in data analysis using support software (MATLAB or Python)
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience with stakeholder and change management.
  • Minimum 5 year experience in data analysis and analyzing technical data to summarize and present findings.
  • Minimum 3 year experience with project management methodologies.

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:

  • Must have strong organizational, communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.
  • Detailed oriented individuals with strong critical thinking, problem solving and follow-up skills.
  • Fast learner with strong self-motivation to grow technically; be able to perform job at high standard with minimum supervision and demonstrated ability to thrive in a high pressure and fast paced environment.
  • Ability to prioritize and organize actions effectively and efficiently.
  • Basic project management skills.
  • Self-starter that shows high drive, creativity, ambition and accountability.
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate with different stakeholders internally (Account Team, Business Development Managers, Project team, VHV headquarter, etc.) and external customers.

Other information
  • Up to 10% travel is include in the job for training and x-site support.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Legal/export license control (see below)

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

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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.

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 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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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

  • Master's degree or PhD in a technical discipline
  • At least 5 years of work experience
  • At least 8 years of experience in an IC manufacturing environment
  • Technical background in lithography and/or on-product metrology
  • Experience with high-end DUV or EUV
  • At least 5 years of data analysis experience using MATLAB or Python
  • At least 5 years of stakeholder and change management experience
  • At least 5 years of experience analyzing technical data and presenting findings
  • At least 3 years of experience with project management methodologies
  • Strong organizational, communication, leadership, interpersonal, critical thinking, problem-solving, and follow-up skills
  • Ability to work independently in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
  • Ability to prioritize and organize actions effectively and efficiently

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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