Technical Project Lead - Research

ASML•San Diego, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

ASML US brings 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. The Technical Project Lead, Main Deliverable Owner, is responsible for managing the critical path of key project deliverables, while balancing the triple constraints of schedule, resources and cost. This includes but is not limited to creating and tracking schedules, performance targets, resources plans, and general planning activities for Source Research (SR) learning and testing deliverables. Throughout the process, the MDO is responsible for ensuring that the proper elements of the SR WOW are known and adhered to across the research team: assessing risk and mitigation strategies; highlighting issues and managing their solutions including through escalation process; and coordinating the various development activities to ensure intermediate cross-program communication. The MDO makes the connection between high-level plans and tactical, operational plans.

Requirements

BS or MS in an Engineering discipline or Physics with 5+ years of relevant experience
Excellent communication skills, and demonstrated ability to align communication with various teams
Excellent skills managing stakeholders across sectors
Analytically strong, enthusiastic, flexible, assertive, proactive, structured
Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work
Can learn and apply new information or skills
Must be able to read and interpret technical data, information, and documents
Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism
Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads
Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability
Ability to interface/cooperate with different people on different organizational levels; and different competences
Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements
Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision
Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and customer
Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines
Applies leadership skills to manage conflict and drive towards solutions
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience in EUV light sources and technology preferred

Responsibilities

Manage system hardware and software integration and completion of technical learning deliverables from SR Functions
Own deliverables (qualified BoM/SW baseline; qualified build/setup & test sequence; qualified upgrade packages, integration sequence)
Align on triple constraints, with the relevant stakeholders internally and across sectors – Safety, Facilities, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering
Report on deliverable status and quality, towards project lead, program and line management
Own release strategy for baseline and upgrades with team and roll up to high-level plan with the Project Lead.
Own the “bottom-up” plan
Plan work over prototype EUV light sources (test rigs)
Manage bottom-up differences between machine plans and integration plan
Report on bottom-up differences between machine and integration plan
Manage critical path of hardware and software integration
Support and monitor test preparation and readiness, including documentation, materials tracking, tool availability, sequence generation, test plan reviews and resources
Provides input towards the SR learning objectives and committed testing
Manage issues for the agreed deliverables
Roll-up towards Top-X lists & report Proto test rig level impact
Define and own the issue handling WOW, maintain issue lists (or delegate), ensure root cause corrective actions are completed
Critical stakeholder for equipment availability and utilization, maximizing learning potential through lessons learned and test operational reports
Report on integration quality towards internal customers and make proposals for structural improvements
Plan, coordinate and coach the assigned test engineering team in order to identify and separate integration related product risks compared to issues as a result of research efforts
Performs other duties as assigned