Senior Electrical Engineer- PCBA Designer

ASML • San Diego, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

ASML is hiring a senior technical leader to develop highly reliable electronic systems and connectivity solutions for its EUV source and lithography technology. The role leads the design, development, integration, and validation of complex electronic connectivity solutions, including electrical architectures involving PCBAs, cabling, interconnects, racks, and subsystem integration. Designs must satisfy demanding electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), signal integrity, safety, and reliability requirements.

Working across engineering disciplines and with suppliers, the engineer guides hardware designs from concept through qualification and production. The role also contributes to future technology roadmaps and engineering practices for connectivity, electronics reliability, and high-speed communications. The position is on-site in San Diego, California; a flexible arrangement may be available for eligible work, allowing up to two remote days per week. The employee must be willing to work in a clean room wearing required protective clothing and equipment for the entire shift.

The current base annual salary range is $143,063–$209,825. Pay is determined based on factors including job-related skills, education, experience, certifications, and abilities. ASML offers medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, participation in the company 401(k) plan, eight hours of vacation leave per month, and 13 paid holidays per calendar year. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access controlled technology under U.S. export regulations before beginning work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• At least 10 years of industry experience in electronic hardware development.
• At least 5 years of experience designing PCBAs and electronic modules for semiconductor, industrial, aerospace, medical, automotive, or similarly demanding applications.
• Strong knowledge of analog and digital circuit-design fundamentals.
• Knowledge of FPGA design technologies.
• Demonstrated experience developing electrical connectivity solutions, including cabling, harnesses, racks, enclosures, and interconnect systems.
• Strong experience with PCBA design, schematic capture, component selection, design review, design validation, and hardware release.
• Hands-on experience with EMC/EMI design techniques, qualification testing, and emissions and immunity testing.
• Experience defining grounding, shielding, filtering, and signal-integrity strategies for complex electronic systems.
• Experience troubleshooting analog and digital electronics at board, module, and system levels.
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and communication bus analyzers.
• Experience with schematic capture and hardware design tools.
• Familiarity with high-speed and digital communication interfaces such as Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, and PCIe.
• Understanding of reliability engineering concepts such as MTBF, HALT, ALT, and DFMEA.
• Experience with configuration management and engineering change processes.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers and outsourced development partners.
• Strong technical leadership and systems-thinking capability; deep understanding of electronic connectivity, EMC, grounding, shielding, signal integrity, and electrical integration.
• Hands-on hardware design experience spanning requirements definition, detailed design and review, component selection and evaluation, procurement, validation, and release.
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills; ability to identify technical risks and drive timely resolution.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, with strong written communication skills for specifications, design documentation, validation plans, and engineering reports.
• Ability to mentor, influence, and provide technical direction to engineering teams.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with global stakeholders, suppliers, and development partners.
• Strong ownership, accountability, decisiveness, customer focus, attention to detail, and commitment to product quality and engineering excellence.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision while providing technical leadership across multiple projects, and to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree.
• Experience with Capital, XPedition, Altium Designer, or similar platforms.
• EMC certification and compliance testing to IEC, EN, CISPR, FCC, CE, or equivalent standards.
• High-speed digital PCB design and signal-integrity analysis.
• Knowledge of functional safety principles and electronics safety requirements.
• Hardware qualification experience in regulated or high-reliability product environments.
• Experience with semiconductor capital equipment, industrial automation, motion control, or precision mechatronic systems.
• Experience leading technical investigations involving EMC-related field issues.
• Experience with SAFe Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of electrical connectivity architectures, including PCBAs, cables, harnesses, racks, cabinets, and subsystem interconnects.
• Define and maintain electronic hardware requirements, specifications, interface definitions, and validation plans.
• Design, review, and qualify PCBAs for control, monitoring, and communication applications.
• Perform electrical architecture trade studies to optimize performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost.
• Drive EMC/EMI compliance through product development, including design reviews, mitigation strategies, and qualification testing.
• Define design rules and layout constraints for signal integrity, grounding, shielding, high-speed interfaces, and EMC performance.
• Support schematic capture, component selection, design verification, and root-cause analysis.
• Lead troubleshooting and failure-analysis activities at board, module, and system levels.
• Collaborate with system architects, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers, suppliers, and development partners to deliver electronic solutions.
• Review supplier designs and provide technical guidance on electrical design, EMC performance, and qualification readiness.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps involving connectivity, electronics reliability, and high-speed communication interfaces.
• Provide technical guidance in technologies including cPCI, PCIe, PLC, EtherCAT, Ethernet, photodetectors, differential signaling, wideband circuits, high-speed embedded computing, VHDL, distributed signal acquisition, and signal integrity.
• Support project planning and communicate technical risks, project status, and mitigation plans to stakeholders and management.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and project teams.
• Transfer technical knowledge to Manufacturing, Service, and Support organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance for employees and their families.
• Dental insurance for employees and their families.
• Vision insurance for employees and their families.
• Basic life insurance for employees and their families.
• Participation in the company 401(k) plan.
• Eight hours of vacation leave every month.
• 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• A flexible workplace arrangement may be available for eligible roles, allowing up to two days a week of remote work.

What This Job Offers

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