Supply Chain Engineer 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.

Supply Chain Engineer Job Description

Introduction
ASML 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 Mission
Are you an engineer who is challenged by managing the quality performance of suppliers in a high tech-low volume environment, specialized in electrical, mechanical, chemical or optical engineering?
The GLS (Sr.) Supply Chain Engineer is responsible for the technical performance of a selected number of suppliers.  He or she works with suppliers on performance monitoring, solving technical issues and driving technical process improvements (quality and yield improvement, process control, cycle time reduction, risk analysis and reduction).  He or she works closely together with PL Supply Chain Engineering, LSM PL’s, Procurement Account Managers (PAM’s) and Supply Chain Engineers NPI in the ASML Development Organization. Depending on the size of the account, he or she is member of Supplier Account Teams.  Focus of the work is on volume control, process optimization and supplier development.

ASML is a world leader in the manufacture of advanced technology systems for the semiconductor industry.  ASML’s corporate headquarters is in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Manufacturing sites and research and development facilities are located in Connecticut, California and the Netherlands. Technology development centers and training facilities are located in the United States, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Taiwan. Additionally, ASML provides optimal service to its customers via over 50 sales and service organizations in 16 countries. Founded in the Netherlands in 1984, the company is publicly traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML.
 
Job Description

• Responsible for entire Quality process and performance on “volume” products for strategic suppliers and their n-tier suppliers.
• Carry-out analysis of material Quality issues through structural problem solving processes (DMAIC, 8D) and drive technical solutions during material escalations (MN’s, DN’s, AIR, FAR).
• Drive yield and technical process improvements at supplier, actively participate in improvement projects at suppliers regarding cycle time reductions, yield improvements and quality improvements. 
• De-risk manufacturing processes at suppliers by optimizing quality, testing and qualification infrastructure, configuration management, processes and organizational capabilities.
• Monitor and review supplier Material Quality Performance (MQP).
• Contribute to supplier development (e.g. implementing SPC, lean, FMEA, operational excellence at suppliers or n-tier suppliers), understand the needs of supplier and ASML and drive internal supplier changes to align.
• Support implementation of EC changes at suppliers on “volume” products.
• Develops and maintain sustainable partnerships with supplier's senior engineering and management staff.

Supply Chain Engineer Job Requirements

Education
Bachelor or Master’s degree in industrial engineering, production engineering, electrical, mechanical, chemical or optical engineering and/or supply chain management.
 
Experience

• 5 – 10 years relevant work experience.
• Experience with supply chain processes in production environment.
• Experience in improvement projects in supply chain, preferably in High-tech industry.
• Experience in working in relationships with suppliers.
• Experience with engineering and/or supply chain processes in business-to-business (high-tech, low-volume) environment.
• Experience in building and maintaining strategic relations with suppliers.

• Influencing without power, able to convince without the use of formal authority, display the ability to motivate the team on job intrinsic aspects: technical challenges, execution challenges.
• Ability to deal with Resistance, interacts with  key stakeholders in a constructive way without being defensive, focuses on data and has an open mind, is always part of the solution.
• Excellent communication skills. 
• Pro-active attitude. 
• Strong analytical skills.
• Attention to detail.
• In-depth understanding of manufacturing techniques. 
• Result oriented, hands-on mentality.

• 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 rerception, 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.

Supply Chain Engineer Application Information

Other information
Global Logistics Services (GLS) is part of ASML’s industry-leading supply chain and responsible for ensuring material availability to ASML’s factories and customers.  Our DNA contains customer focus, concurrent engineering, virtual integration, acceleration of the supply chain and delivering creative solutions.  With over 350 highly educated and motivated people, GLS has contributed to ASML winning the “VLM Jaarprijs 2013” for having the best Supply Chain in The Netherlands.

EEO/AA (W/M/Vets/Disability) Employer.

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