Introduction

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 inChandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

The DUV Manufacturing Engineering team manages the final assembly and test process for all products in serial production as well as the transition of new products from Engineering to high volume production. Our goal is to continuously improve production practices to strive for best-in-class Manufacturing Operations. This includes, but not limited to: BOM setup and management, creation and maintenance of work instructions, identification of in-process quality control gates, tracking of production yields and top issues, manufacturing cost reduction projects, build & test cycle time optimization, and solving manufacturing-related issues.

The Operations Project Lead (OPL) is responsible for leading projects within DUV Manufacturing Operations that span across multiple departments and require collaboration from cross functional partners to drive to closure. At any given time the OPL may be responsible for multiple short term and long term projects, so ability to prioritize and maintain organization is key. The OPL is part of the Manufacturing Operations team reporting the Head of Manufacturing Engineering.

This position may require access to controlled technology, as defined in the 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 the Company to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The primary role of Operations Project Lead (OPL) is to manage specific cross-functional projects executed within Manufacturing Operations
• This includes but is not limited to creating and tracking schedules, budgets, costs, performance targets, resource plans, and general planning activities for team deliverables
• The OPL is responsible for ensuring that the projects are managed as well as assessing risk and mitigation strategies, highlighting issues and managing their solutions, and coordinating the various development activities to ensure good cross-program communication
• Manages the development and implementation process of a company's products and services
• Coordinates departmental or cross-functional teams
• Monitors the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project i.e. product on schedule and within budget constraints
• Proactively communicates issues and manages the solution paths
• Ensures good cross-functional communication (through effective meetings, email, and other means) to ensure coordination between Engineering functional areas and other departments
• Ensures proper documentation is completed for each development activity, and that adequate documentation exists for product manufacturing and customer service teams
• Performs lessons learned reviews on key projects and drives necessary changes into the project management process
• Creates presentations as required to support internal and external program reviews
• Be the representative to link business line high-level strategy deployment and collaborate with other sectors
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems other technical backgrounds, or other non-technical backgrounds.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• BS with a minimum of 3 years work experience or MS with minimum of 2 years work experience.
• Must have experience leading project teams.
• Proven ability to leverage internal and external resources to complete tasks.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you'll always have new challenges and new problems to solve - and working together is the only way to do that. You won't work in a silo. Instead, you'll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you'll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You'll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

• Proven ability to lead a project team and bring team members together.
• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Stakeholders management.
• Digest technical content in priority and impact.
• Being a team player with collaboration.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers, and customer.
• Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines
• Strong negotiation skills during interactions with suppliers and other ASML sectors.
• Ability to initiate, influence and steer without formal authority.
• Strong organizational skills and proven ability to work on multiple fast-paced project threads simultaneously.

Other Information

• This position is located on-site in San Diego, CA. It works on a hybrid schedule, 4 days onsite, 1 day remote. It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation.

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• 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.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role. All candidates receiving an offer of employment must successfully complete a background check band any other tests that may be required.

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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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