Introduction to the job

ASML is seeking a Senior Mechatronics / Controls Design Engineer to lead the development of technically complex solutions within our product development organization. In this role, you will take ownership of advanced mechatronic and control system designs, working across engineering disciplines, suppliers, and project teams to deliver innovative, reliable, and manufacturable solutions. You will play a key role in defining technical direction, driving engineering excellence, and mentoring fellow engineers while contributing to the continued advancement of ASML technology.

Role and responsibilities

• Lead the development, integration, qualification, and industrialization of technically complex mechatronic and control system solutions within a module or submodule.
• Own the technical execution of complex mono-disciplinary and functional designs, ensuring performance, quality, manufacturability, reliability, and delivery objectives are achieved.
• Translate product and project requirements into robust engineering solutions, including feasibility studies, concept development, architecture definition, detailed design, verification, and validation.
• Identify technical risks, evaluate design alternatives, and drive resolution of complex engineering challenges throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines, MDUs, suppliers, architects, system engineers, and project stakeholders to realize integrated customer solutions.
• Maintain subsystem and system-level awareness to ensure alignment of designs with architectural requirements, interfaces, and overall product performance objectives.
• Drive verification, validation, integration, qualification, and performance testing activities, including the development of associated test methods and tools.
• Support project planning activities through work package definition, effort estimation, performance budgeting, dependency management, and risk assessment.
• Introduce and champion innovative technical approaches, engineering methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives within the area of expertise.
• Document technical decisions, design specifications, analyses, assumptions, and test results to ensure complete and maintainable engineering documentation.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor and guide engineers, perform technical reviews, and contribute to competency development within the organization.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to Delivery Team Leaders, System Engineers, Architects, and management on matters within the area of expertise.
• Participate in technical communities and knowledge-sharing initiatives to strengthen engineering capability across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with ASML quality, safety, and engineering standards while promoting safe working practices across projects and teams.

Education and experience

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience, 5 years preferred.
• Extensive experience developing complex engineering systems with demonstrated technical leadership responsibilities.
• Proven ability to technically lead development activities and influence engineering decisions across projects and disciplines.
• Experience working with cross-functional development teams, suppliers, and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Experience in system integration, product qualification, and industrialization of complex engineering solutions.

Skills

• Strong expertise in precision mechatronics, motion control systems, and performance-critical subsystem design.
• Deep understanding of control theory, including feedback/feedforward control, stability analysis, disturbance rejection, system identification, and performance optimization.
• Proven ability to own technically complex designs from requirements definition through concept development, detailed design, integration, qualification, and industrialization.
• Experience developing and validating dynamic system models using MATLAB/Simulink or similar engineering tools.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes, evaluate technical trade-offs, and resolve complex system-level issues.
• Broad understanding of system architecture, interface management, requirements engineering, and subsystem interactions within multidisciplinary products.
• Experience with verification, validation, qualification, and performance testing of complex mechatronic systems.
• Demonstrated ability to decompose system requirements into subsystem budgets and translate performance objectives into robust engineering solutions.
• Proven technical leadership skills, including mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, influencing technical decisions, and driving cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage architects, system engineers, suppliers, project leaders, and management.

Diversity and Inclusion

We take the topic of diversity and inclusion to heart. A diverse and inclusive workforce promotes a sense of belonging, enabling a mix of voices and points of view. This results in diversity of thought, which promotes the best solutions and ideas for our business.

“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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.”

Other information

• This position is located on-site in Wilton, CT .  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.

Role within Office

Responsibilities 

• 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 (specify 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 salary range for this role is $102,000 – $150,000

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.

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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