Technical Project Manager - EUV Research

ASML US, LLC; 4S Ranch (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

ASML US, LLC in the United States seeks a Technical Project Manager to advance EUV DG research for next-generation lithography technology. You will lead cross-functional teams across laser, controls, and tin management research to drive experiments, roadmap alignment, and system-level performance demonstrations.

The role requires BS or MS in physics, laser engineering or a related field with 8+ years of PM experience, strong communication, and the ability to manage scope, schedule, and budget in

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in physics, laser engineering, photonics or equivalent technical field.
• Extensive project management experience across varied environments.
• Proven leadership delivering multiple projects end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead EUV DG research projects within the S-Next program and other initiatives.
• Align roadmaps with program plans and manage execution of activities.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project plans, including tests and reports.
• Contextualize DG research roadmap and portfolio within the program.
• Ensure documentation and knowledge transfer to engineering and product teams.
• Report progress to senior management and demonstrate system-wide performance targets.
• Identify learning objectives and design experiments to advance EUV source technology.
• Communicate issues, manage risks, and develop mitigation plans.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Data interpretation

Communication

Scheduling

Risk management

Problem solving

Ownership

Education

BS/MS in Physics/Optics/Engineering

Job description

ASML US, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, bring 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, Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Job Mission

Our Technology Development team is focused on conceiving and demonstrating the technologies required for next generations of high-power extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources. Based on a laser produced plasma (LPP), our light source relies on a wide range of unique and challenging technologies, ranging from laser light amplification, extreme high pressure droplet generation, Tin debris management and high-power optical systems. You are invited to bring your passion, knowledge and expertise in areas of mechanical engineering, applied physics, plasmas, metrology, optics, controls, lasers and experiment design to push the boundaries of these technologies forward.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Project Manager to join our team. In this role you will help to advance the EUV source technology for next generation products. You will join a research team responsible for pathfinding and innovating the heart of the EUV source, the droplet generation (DG), to enable the performance of the next generation EUV product. As the Project Manager you will organize the team's tasks in alignment with the team's "3 in a box", the DG-research's group lead and architect. Your project team will conceive and evaluate technical concepts and design, and develop experimentation to test the validity of such hypothesis. You will plan and manage resources for such ideation and experimental validation up to full scale architecture performance demonstrations. Furthermore, you will drive innovation to scale pressure/rep rate that helps to scale EUV power and stability by collaborating closely with the stakeholder team, as well as other DG- research scientists. Finally, you will foster cross-functional teamwork connecting with the Laser, controls and tin management research teams towards a holistic EUV source development vision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project leadership of the EUV DG research projects within the S-Next research program and other projects as assigned.
• Scope will include alignment of the roadmaps to the program planning, and project-level execution of the activities within the scope of these roadmaps as they support the program objectives
• Generation and maintenance of the project plan, detailing all activities to be conducted within the assigned EUV research projects, including test planning, test execution, regular report generation, etc.
• Responsible for understanding of, contributing to the creation, and contextualizing of the execution of the DG- research roadmap and portfolio.
• Ensures proper documentation is completed and reviewed for each activity within the project, and that adequate documentation exists for the product program and D&E (feasibility results, test procedures, drawings, BOMs). Facilitate the communication of appropriate knowledge to engineering and product development teams.
• Outward reporting towards senior management of the progress of the assigned research projects.
• Ensure the successful demonstration of system-wide performance targets to meet the future technology roadmap, as conducted by the project members.
• Enable technical project team to successfully identify key scientific learning objectives and corresponding experimental design which will further the technological progress of the EUV source.
• Proactively communicates issues and manages the solution paths. Assesses and highlights risks and develops mitigation plans.
• Supports the Program cluster Manager (provides information, fill-in during absence, etc.) as required.
• Manage and align resources provided by cross-functional teams. Develop resource plans for experimental campaigns and project related work.
• Management of the triple constraint: timing, budget, and resourcing.
• Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Education and experience

• BS or MS degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in physics, laser engineering, photonics or equivalent technical field.
• Has extensive general work experience with substantial experience in project management in different environments/businesses.
• Successful demonstration of project management and leadership over the full life-cycle of several projects, with corresponding successful completion and delivery of project objectives.
• Has led large projects in technical industrial cross-cultural environment.
• Has expert process and organizational knowledge to make (process) decisions on critical moments in the project.
• Understanding of scientific research methods and strong curiosity.
• The successful candidate will not only have excelled in their technical field, but will have demonstrated inter-personal and communications strengths.
• Hands-on experience with complex system design and build, characterization, troubleshooting.
• Ability to clearly and logically communicate ideas and knowledge to various audiences.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead a research project involving multiple stakeholders and constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a part of a team and lead investigation and research efforts.
• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Excellent customer service skills, with an understanding of customer relationship building, including with internal customers. Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction - including internal customers - through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.
• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
• Applies project management skills, including scheduling and monitoring multi-functional, long-term projects/activities.
• Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to meet commitments and ensure work products are of high quality. Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Result driven - demonstrate ownership and accountability.

Other information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

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 including working while fully gowned in a clean room environment.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• The employee may be required to travel based 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 environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.
• May need to work in labs with equipment that emit high-pitched noise.
• May spend extended periods of time at a computer workstation.

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:

$171,200-235,400

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.

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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