Production Engineer

ASML • San Diego, CA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Engineer at ASML in San Diego, you help power the world’s chips. Your work improves the reliability and throughput of our extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source manufacturing. You remove roadblocks, raise yield, and protect cycle time. As a Production Engineer, your impact shows up in stable tools, shorter lead times, and satisfied customers. You will solve production issues, qualify process changes, and drive continuous improvement. You will work with manufacturing, design engineering, and quality to build robust, scalable processes. This Production Engineer role is on-site in San Diego and supports a compressed 12‑hour shift schedule.

Requirements

• You have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or computer engineering.
• Minimum of 1 year in a cleanroom or high-tech manufacturing environment.
• Strong hands-on skills with electromechanical systems and test equipment.
• Experience with Excel; familiarity with JMP, Minitab, or LabVIEW is a plus.
• Exposure to Python or basic scripting for data analysis is helpful.
• Knowledge of design of experiments (DOE) and lean manufacturing principles.
• Ability to read bills of material and follow controlled work instructions.
• Clear written and spoken communication across teams and shifts.
• Communicate clearly, listen actively, and build trust with teammates.
• Analyze data, spot trends, and make evidence-based decisions.
• Prioritize well in a fast-changing environment and meet commitments.
• Document processes with clarity and update work instructions promptly.
• Apply structured problem solving and statistical thinking.
• Collaborate across manufacturing, engineering, and quality functions.
• Take initiative, follow through, and ask for help when needed.
• Work safely in a cleanroom with full gowning and PPE.
• Support 12‑hour compressed shifts and on-site collaboration.
• Use basic automation or scripting to streamline reporting.
• Must be willing to work in a clean room environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses and gloves for entire duration of shift.
• 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 may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Can we be more specific: Must be willing to lift up to 20 pounds, pull 20 pounds at least once a day and spend the majority of time (greater than 90% less break time) on the floor working on tool sets, walking three to five miles a day, and/or standing/sitting for nine hours.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Excel; familiarity with JMP, Minitab, or LabVIEW is a plus.
• Exposure to Python or basic scripting for data analysis is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Triage production issues to restore tool uptime quickly and safely.
• Develop and improve assembly and test processes for repeatable results.
• Design and run qualification tests for process and equipment changes.
• Analyze in-line and customer quality data using statistical methods.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare and present factory metrics on yield, cycle time, and capacity.
• Collaborate on design for manufacturability and new product introduction.

Benefits

• The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan.
• Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level