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Senior Quality Engineer

ASML
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/22/2026
Introduction to the job

Join ASML in San Diego as a Senior Quality Engineer and help shape the future of semiconductor manufacturing. Your work will keep our extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems performing at the highest standards. You will improve parts and process quality, strengthen reliability, and support customer success across the factory.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will drive cross-functional improvement initiatives. You will use data, structured methods, and clear communication to prevent issues, solve problems, and sustain results. Your impact will support ASML’s mission to accelerate innovation that advances the world.

Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supplier teams. You lead quality planning, analysis, and improvement for EUV parts and processes.

  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action activities.
  • Facilitate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) sessions and risk ranking workshops.
  • Build quality dashboards and reports to track Statistical Process Control (SPC) metrics.
  • Analyze process performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Plan and execute internal assessments; prepare for external audits to ISO 9001.
  • Map and evaluate processes; deliver Lean improvement projects with measurable outcomes.
  • Coordinate cross-functional projects and drive alignment on priorities and timelines.

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in industrial or manufacturing engineering (master’s degree is a plus).
  • Minimum of eight (8) years in quality engineering within manufacturing or high-tech hardware.
  • Proven experience with Statistical Process Control, regression, and design of experiments.
  • Hands-on with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Measurement System Analysis, and control plans.
  • Familiar with ISO 9001 and audit preparation; internal audit certification is a plus.
  • Proficient in data analysis and reporting using Python, Minitab, and Power BI is a plus.
  • Experience leading Lean and Six Sigma projects; Green Belt or Black Belt is a plus.

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. To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

  • Communicate clearly with stakeholders and present data-driven insights.
  • Collaborate across functions and build trusted relationships.
  • Analyze complex data and translate findings into practical actions.
  • Think in systems and connect processes end to end.
  • Plan and lead projects with structure and accountability.
  • Solve problems with curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Work proactively, manage priorities, and deliver under deadlines.
  • Use tools such as Python, Minitab, and Power BI to model and visualize data.
  • Document processes and decisions with clarity and consistency.
  • Uphold safety, quality, and customer focus in all activities.

Other information

This position is on-site in San Diego, CA and may include cleanroom visits. Join ASML as a Senior Quality Engineer and help us deliver technology that makes a difference.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • 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 is occasionally required to move around the campus including working while fully gowned in a clean room environment.
  • The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
  • The employee may be required to travel based on business needs.
  • Can work under deadlines.
  • The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.
  • Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
  • 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.
  • May spend extended periods of time at a computer workstation.

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

$94,125-156,875

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.

Inclusion and diversity

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

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Request an Accommodation

ASML provides reasonable accommodations to applicants for ASML employment and ASML employees with disabilities. An accommodation is a change in work rules, facilities, or conditions which enable an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform the essential functions of a job, and/or enjoy equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise participate in the employee pre-selection process, please send an email to USHR_Accommodation@asml.com to initiate the company’s reasonable accommodation process.

Please note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML’s process to request accommodation(s). Any recruitment questions should be directed to the designated Talent Acquisition member for the position.

Salary : $94,125 - $156,875

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