Senior Manufacturing Engineer

ASML•San Diego, CA

26d

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for manufacturing readiness and technical performance for assigned prototype test rigs, products, modules, or manufacturing domains. The role connects product development with factory execution by planning and supporting prototype builds, integration, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Working with design, systems, test, quality, manufacturing, planning, and project teams, the engineer turns prototype learning into safer, more repeatable, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing solutions. The position leads through technical expertise and influence and has no formal people-management authority. The engineer owns assigned manufacturing processes or technical domains, provides readiness leadership across factory activities, develops and improves manufacturing methods and controls, and evaluates manufacturing changes. The position also serves as the Manufacturing Engineering focal point for an assigned cross-functional product or module leadership team, prepares evidence-based recommendations, coordinates execution and risk mitigation, coaches other engineers, and transfers knowledge to support sustainable improvements and consistent factory practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
At least five years of relevant experience in complex manufacturing, prototype, new-product introduction, integration, test, industrialization, or a closely related engineering environment.
Experience with complex high-technology systems, such as electromechanical, mechatronic, vacuum, fluid, laser, or controls systems.
Experience supporting prototype test-rig build, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, qualification, or manufacturing readiness.
Experience developing manufacturing processes and applying structured problem-solving methods.
Experience leading root-cause analysis, corrective action, and recurrence prevention.
Experience providing cross-functional technical leadership without formal reporting authority.
Experience with technical planning, risk management, stakeholder communication, manufacturing documentation, bills of material, engineering changes, procedures, or product industrialization.
Sound technical judgment in ambiguous prototype and evolving factory environments.
Strong manufacturing and factory focus across safety, quality, delivery, cost, manufacturability, and execution.
Ability to assess end-to-end system impacts across products, modules, test rigs, processes, and factory operations.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and build alignment without formal authority.
Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to engineers, technicians, stakeholders, and senior management.
Ability to structure work through clear scope, priorities, ownership, dependencies, risks, and decisions.
Ability to coach others and transfer technical knowledge to strengthen team capability.
Ownership, attention to detail, adaptability, and reliable follow-through.
Must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
Must be legally authorized to access controlled technology prior to beginning work.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree or equivalent experience.
Familiarity with statistical analysis, design of experiments, process capability, Lean methods, data visualization, and relevant planning or analytical software.

Responsibilities

Plan and support prototype test-rig build, integration, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, modification, and decommissioning.
Assess readiness of procedures, tooling, test methods, technical information, resources, and approvals.
Establish safe, executable assembly, integration, and test sequences for new or evolving hardware and systems.
Coordinate tooling, equipment, material, documentation, facility, safety, hardware, software, and engineering dependencies.
Capture test-rig learning and apply it to product designs, procedures, sequences, tooling, test methods, manufacturability, and future factory readiness.
Own assigned manufacturing processes or technical domains and provide readiness leadership across dependent factory activities.
Develop and improve manufacturing methods, procedures, tooling, equipment, test methods, and process controls.
Evaluate and qualify manufacturing changes, including engineering changes and approved departures from standard requirements.
Analyze yield, quality, cycle time, capacity, reliability, safety, and cost performance to identify improvements.
Lead complex problem definition, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and recurrence prevention.
Serve as the Manufacturing Engineering focal point for an assigned cross-functional product or module leadership team (MDU).
Convert stakeholder objectives, constraints, and decisions into clear Manufacturing Engineering actions and ownership.
Prepare evidence-based, decision-ready technical recommendations that address factory impact, implementation risks, and required decisions.
Communicate risks, decisions, commitments, and changes to affected teams and confirm follow-through.
Translate ambiguous objectives into executable plans with clear scope, deliverables, owners, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.
Coordinate interdependent technical work across engineering contributors and assigned manufacturing domains.
Identify technical, resource, schedule, and readiness risks and coordinate mitigation with responsible owners.
Escalate unresolved decisions with the impact, options considered, and a recommended path forward.
Coach engineers in technical problem solving, execution planning, stakeholder preparation, and follow-through.
Prepare engineers to represent assigned technical domains with product, module, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Review technical plans, risk assessments, presentations, and recommendations before key decisions.
Build distributed ownership of critical knowledge, responsibilities, and stakeholder relationships.
Convert prototype and factory lessons into sustainable improvements to products, processes, tooling, test methods, and training.
Standardize effective manufacturing methods, planning practices, procedures, and technical documentation.
Improve handoffs among prototype test-rig engineering, repeatable integration and test execution teams, and related manufacturing teams.
Share technical knowledge across engineers, technicians, and cross-functional stakeholders.