Materials Engineer, EUV & Semiconductors

ASML US, LLC; 4S Ranch (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

ASML US, LLC in San Diego, CA is seeking a Materials Engineer to act as the primary materials expert for the EUV Lithography Light Source, ensuring performance, reliability, and quality in challenging thermal, vacuum, and contamination-sensitive environments.

You will lead material selection and analysis, collaborate with design teams and suppliers, perform SEM/XPS/AFM analyses, and drive failure investigations and reliability improvements, with travel up to 10% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nano Engineering or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
• 5 years of relevant experience in Materials Engineering.
• Strong understanding of engineering metals, specialty alloys, and refractory materials.
• Experience with material characterization, microstructural analysis, and surface evaluation techniques.
• Hands-on experience with SEM, EDS/EDX, XPS, AFM or similar characterization technologies.
• Experience supporting failure analysis, root-cause investigations, and reliability improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide material selection, compatibility, characterization, and reliability leadership.
• Collaborate with design engineers, scientists, suppliers, and quality teams through development lifecycle.
• Evaluate material interactions such as corrosion, diffusion, oxidation, and multi-material compatibility.
• Perform hardness, tensile, fracture, and metallography analyses.
• Utilize SEM, EDS/EDX, XPS, and AFM for investigations.
• Lead or support failure analysis and root-cause investigations.
• Present findings to engineering teams and management.
• Support travel up to 10% as required.

Skills

Materials engineering

Failure analysis

Characterization techniques

SEM/EDS/EDX/XPS/AFM

Reliability improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Documentation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science/Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

SEM

EDS/EDX

XPS

AFM

Job description

ASML US, LLC in San Diego, CA is seeking a Materials Engineer to act as the primary materials expert for the EUV Lithography Light Source, ensuring performance, reliability, and quality in challenging thermal, vacuum, and contamination-sensitive environments.

You will lead material selection and analysis, collaborate with design teams and suppliers, perform SEM/XPS/AFM analyses, and drive failure investigations and reliability improvements, with travel up to 10% as needed.