SEM ELEC Architect

Company: ASML
Location: San Jose
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

Introduction

The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.

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

This job is based in San Jose and mainly focus on e-beam inspection system.

Job Mission

As SEM ELEC architect, your mission is to specify, design, realize and verify functional design of SEM electronics for our e-beam inspection and metrology system. This job also serves as the major interface towards system engineering (SE), SEM EO (electron optics) and other related functions.

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.

Job Description

Deliver architecture design of SEM ELEC.
Deliver functional specification (EPS), test specification (TPS), design specification (EDS), qualification document (TAR) and other documentations for SEM ELEC related functionalities, including safety, reliability, accessibility, serviceability, manufacturability and cost control.
Review and negotiate with SE, SEM architects, SEM EO and other related functions to agree on the requirements towards SEM ELEC and the interfaces.
Review and work within SEM ELEC to finalize design and implementation. Ensure designs meet required standard and design rules.
Provide functional overview, block diagram, connection requirement, power supply requirement and module list describing SEM ELEC functionality towards SEM E-Layout, create and release SEM ELEC BOM.
Lead the integration, function and performance verification and mitigation of SEM ELEC on system.
Support the integration and related trouble shooting activities of SEM functions.
Provide input for SEM ELEC and also SEM function roadmap, including functionality, performance, volume & layout, verification & diagnosis, etc.
Together with function and module owners, to lead and drive the SEM ELEC function roadmap.
Support SEM TestRig design, implementation, integration and verification.
Other related works to enable SEM functionality and performance.

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 10 years of relevant work experience or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 12 years of relevant work experience.

Experience

Minimum 8 years of electronics or electrical hands-on design experience.
Experience as architect with multi-disciplinary system design is strongly preferred.
Has experience with general electrical engineering principles and electrical development methods and processes.
Has knowledge of analog (voltage and current) driver design to meet certain BW/SR/DR/Ripple/Load requirements. Has knowledge to come up with trade off design scenarios and choices.
Rich knowledge on highspeed HW design and experience on 10Gbps+ data transferring
Rich experience with Altera or Xilinx FPGA and HDL design & verification.
Has knowledge on popular industrial protocols (Ethernet / IB / PCIe / DDR / JESD204).
Has knowledge on standards for EMC and electrical safety (International (IEC) standards, US standards (NFPA, UL)) and preferably SEMI.
Has knowledge on EMI/EMC design principle to minimize coupling induced disturbance.
Can draw up specifications for components and support component standardization with component choices.
Knowledge/hands-on experience with software/technical tools (i.e. Xpedition or Cadence schematic/layout tool, Spice or similar tools, Visio or similar diagram tool, NX or similar mechanical design tool, etc.)
System modeling, simulation (Simulink or similar) and verification tooling (Labview or similar) experience is a plus, including travel within ASML and customer site.
Rich experience on lab verification and familiar with test equipment (Oscilloscope / VNA / Power source / Spectrum analyzer)

Personal Skills

Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
Strong English communication skills - both written and oral, ability to influence, etc.
Can lead team by organizing discussion, workshop and come up with decisions or scenarios for decision.
Can manage stakeholders by knowing key requirements/concerns and interpreting them into design requirement and trade-off choices.
Can learn and apply new information or skills.
Must be able to read and interpret 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.
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.

Other information

May need to work in an electrical lab routinely for up to 50% of work time.
May require international and domestic travel up to 15% of work time

Role within Office

Responsibilities

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.
May require travel (specify domestic and/or international) dependent on business needs - specify percentage of travel.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
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 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 and deadlines.
Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
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 manager, co-workers and customer.
Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Role within the Lab/Cleanroom

Responsibilities

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 50 pounds. Can we be more specific: Must be willing to lift up to X pounds, pull Y 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.
Can work under deadlines.
The environment generally is moderate in temperature with moderate to high noise level.
Must be willing to work a compressed work week schedule - twelve-hour long shift and rotating from three to four days a week.
This must include references to day and night shifts for accommodation purposes.

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:

$174,375-290,625

Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.

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. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.

All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.

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.

Diversity and inclusion

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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