System Integration Project Lead - Electrical/Software/Safety Job in San Diego - CA, United States

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

System Integration Project Lead - Electrical/Software/Safety Job Description

Introduction
ASML US, LP brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ, San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA.“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 applicants who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.”

Job Mission
The System Integration Project Lead (PL) for Electrical Infrastructure, Software, Computer Hardware, and Safety PLC projects will manage a team of engineers who represent the development and engineering teams located at ASML’s company headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands.  The Satellite Team manages and executes integration and validation of next-generation software, safety PLC and electrical infrastructure for EUV laser generation semiconductor systems on prototype sources based in San Diego.  In addition the Satellite Team supports escalations on customer systems around the world, factory systems in Veldhoven, and prototypes in San Diego.

Job Description
Manages Electrical, Safety and Software (ESS) Satellite Team engineering activities in San Diego, for Veldhoven development & engineering projects Creates project plans and tracks schedules, performance targets, resource plans, prioritization and general planning activities for engineering deliverables Ensures documentation, hardware and software in place prior to verification and validation test start Coordinates execution of module and system-level testing, compliance/reliability testing and life testing required for product release Ensures documentation is completed prior to release for Functional, Alpha and Beta testing Manages escalations and coordinates issue resolution including root cause investigations, containment and solution definition, for prototype, pilot, production and worldwide customer systems Provides project management interface to Project Leads in Veldhoven, as well as critical stakeholders in San Diego (Integration, Program, Customer Support, Manufacturing, Safety & local development and engineering projects) Proactively manages cross-functional communication to ensure coordination between engineering projects and other departments Proactively gathers lessons learned during project execution and chairs reviews upon completion of project activities Identifies issues and risks during planning and execution, and develops mitigation plans Monitors quality of assigned team members work and mentors to ensure quality is achieved in conjunction with Group Lead Provides review feedback to Group Lead for assigned team members Recommends way of working improvements Other assignment as needed 

Education
Requires a minimum Bachelor’s Degree in electrical or software engineering or other related engineering or science.  Master’s Degree preferred Minimum of eight (8) years of experience is required with a BS degree, six (6) years of experience is required with an MS degree

Experience
Experience with product development through complete product life cycle
Experience with managing project teams with 5-12 core team members
Experience developing and executing project plans with cross-disciplinary teams
Excellent organizational, reasoning, and motivational skills
Technical knowledge in one or more disciplines represented
Experience developing issue and risk mitigation plans
Experience with MS Project, MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel and electronic email systems
Experience in semiconductor equipment development a plus.

Personal skills
Ability to define and track short and long-term goals
Ability to adapt processes to improve inefficiencies and accelerate product development
Ability to turn high level objectives into long term project plans with clear deliverables, work-breakdown structure, resource loading, and issue and risk definition and mitigation planning
Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with stakeholders at local site, and across continents
Ability to self-motivate and work in a fast-moving high-tech environment
Excellent inter-personal service skills, with an advanced understanding of customer relationship building in highly multi-cultural environment
Flexibility to travel globally for training, alignment with project teams and escalation management (<20%)Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Context of the position
The EUV source team in San Diego operates in a fast-paced, uniquely innovative, and challenging environment to create new-to-industry solutions with rapid productization to support an aggressive commercialization plan for the EUV technology within ASML and at customers.  The ESS Satellite Team is responsible for the integration, qualification, and support of system software, computers, safety PLC and safety software.  The complexity of the EUV source puts exciting and challenging demands on the project, who will be engaged in integration, verification and validation testing and escalation support.

Other information
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.  The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. May require travel 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. Can work under deadlines. The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level. Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents. Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.  Can learn and apply new information or skills. Responsibilities include periodic travel to regional and overseas sites for product technical support and special project support.  Work may include onsite technical support involving heavy lifting of equipment & modules. Position will require technical work activity in a clean-room production environment and/or laboratory setting. The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.  Occasionally may be exposed to loud noise bursts and may be exposed to toxic gases (fluorine).  Must be able to work in small, confined spaces. We offer competitive salaries and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(K), and FSAs.  We are committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our workforce to create opportunities for our people and the business. EOE 
 

System Integration Project Lead - Electrical/Software/Safety Job Requirements

Requires a minimum Bachelor’s Degree in electrical or software engineering or other related engineering or science.  Master’s Degree preferred Minimum of eight (8) years of experience is required with a BS degree, six (6) years of experience is required with an MS degree




 

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