Group Manager - Supplier Quality Engineering Job in Wilton - CT, 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.

Group Manager - Supplier Quality Engineering Job Description

IntroductionASML 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 main headquarters are located in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we also have 18 office locations around the United States- including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ, San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA. Job MissionASML in Wilton CT (US) is seeking a Manager to lead our Supplier Quality Engineering team for the Industrialization Group here in Wilton Connecticut.  The Industrialization Group is a department within the Wilton Development & Engineering organization.  This person will lead a team of supplier quality engineering and cost engineering specialists who have the responsibility to develop industrialized solutions for Wilton’s new products in coordination with the internal design team, and with ASML key suppliers.  These new products include optical, opto-mechanical, opto-electronic, electronic, mechanical and mechatronic systems, sub-systems and components.   Job DescriptionThis person will report to the Department Manager of the Industrialization, Advanced Development Center, and Optical Modules department in D&E Wilton.  This job requires a capable and accomplished leader to:
-Direct Manager of a team of  25 - 30 engineers (supplier quality & cost engineers);
-Develop and sustain project results:  on time delivery of Wilton’s products to the specified performance at the right quality, reliability, move-rate, and cost;
-Secure the quality of the teams deliverables – industrialization & cost documentation, and physical material from our suppliers (secured all the way through the ‘n-tier’);
-Own and maintain responsibility of the way-of-working competence activities of the Supplier Quality Engineering team including training, communication, and process maturity management.  Responsible for developing expertise within your group, technology roadmaps for our suppliers, and maintaining alignment with our key suppliers and manufacturing team;
-Build and develop technical supplier quality competences within ASML (e.g., SPC, Lean Manufacturing, FMEA, operational excellence);
-Organize and drive quality training for your group;
-Responsible for all aspects of people management:  training, performance management, coaching / mentoring, project assignments, budgets;
-Lead recruiting activities for your group;
-Support your teams technology development:  Stays current with the latest technology and manufacturing developments in the various fields;  Work with your project managers and module architects on technology road mapping for our suppliers, perform competence development with your team, support problem solving & lessons learned activities; Work with your team to develop technical solutions for your products;
-Manage your stakeholders:  Communicate with your stakeholders and customers on a routine basis, set expectations and communicate any gaps;
-Create a vision for your group and drive your team;  Strive to be a learning organization;  Create an environment of continuous improvement;Some travel (up to 30%) to Europe, Asia, and within the US can be expected.  EducationMinimum Master’s degree in Physics or an Engineering field (optical or mechanical preferred).  Secondary degree in the field of Industrial Engineering a plus, or equivalent experience. ExperienceIndustry experience:  4 to 6 years in development and manufacturing of complex high-tech systems along with 5 years minimum of management experience of direct reports. Personal skillsCandidate must have:
-Significant experience in manufacturing and an expertise in Lean / Six-Sigma.
-Strong leadership and ownership characteristics – demonstrated commitment to achieving results on time;  Can jump in and help solve difficult problems when risks or issues occur.
-Have strong written and oral communicative skills – ability to communicate effectively to your team, to senior management, to technology partners, and to our customers. 
-Demonstrated “team player” with a strong quality orientation and highly developed interpersonal skills.
-Have direct experience in one or more technical fields:  engineering physics, optical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering.
-Capability to interface with multidisciplinary groups (including senior leadership), and be willing to take on responsibility, follow through and help your team keep multiple simultaneous projects on schedule.
-Be willing to own the integrated systems performance, and support the entire product life-cycle (development through sustaining engineering), strive to enable your team to deliver the right design solution for the right cost at the right time. Context of the positionThe 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 20 pounds.
-May require travel dependent on company 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.  Other informationEEO/AA (W/M/Vets/Disability) Employer. 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.
 

Group Manager - Supplier Quality Engineering Job Requirements

Minimum Master’s degree in Physics or an Engineering field (optical or mechanical preferred).  Secondary degree in the field of Industrial Engineering a plus, or equivalent experience.

Industry experience:  4 to 6 years in development and manufacturing of complex high-tech systems along with 5 years minimum of management experience of direct reports.

Candidate must have:
-Significant experience in manufacturing and an expertise in Lean / Six-Sigma.
-Strong leadership and ownership characteristics – demonstrated commitment to achieving results on time;  Can jump in and help solve difficult problems when risks or issues occur.
-Have strong written and oral communicative skills – ability to communicate effectively to your team, to senior management, to technology partners, and to our customers. 
-Demonstrated “team player” with a strong quality orientation and highly developed interpersonal skills.
-Have direct experience in one or more technical fields:  engineering physics, optical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering.
-Capability to interface with multidisciplinary groups (including senior leadership), and be willing to take on responsibility, follow through and help your team keep multiple simultaneous projects on schedule.
-Be willing to own the integrated systems performance, and support the entire product life-cycle (development through sustaining engineering), strive to enable your team to deliver the right design solution for the right cost at the right time.

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 20 pounds.
-May require travel dependent on company 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.

Group Manager - Supplier Quality Engineering Application Information

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