Fabrication Architect Manager- Wilton Optics Factory

Company: ASML
Location: Wilton
Posted on: April 16, 2025

Job Description:

Introduction to the job

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The WF Optics Fabrication Architect Manager will lead a highly-technical team in establishing products and methods that secure ASML's product roadmap and ensure successful execution of business strategies. The candidate is responsible for leading all new product introduction via an established Product Lifecycle architecture, from feasibility to production-readiness. The candidate's team will collaborate with Design & Engineering, WF Technology & Development, Research, and Production Engineering groups to define and achieve technical specifications, ensuring timely release of quality manufacturable designs. The candidate will have a strong technical background in glass/ceramics and effectively demonstrate leadership capability as a coach, role model, and business/people leader.

This position requires 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 ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Role and responsibilities

The WF Optics Fabrication Architect Manager will:

Understand and interpret ASML's technical roadmaps, collaborating with WF Technology & Development to correlate strategic vision to WF Optics' existing and future competencies
Organize team members and projects to most efficiently secure ASML's strategic vision, including identification/closure of gaps related to equipment, tooling/fixturing, personnel, and technology/competency
Function as primary management liaison between Factory and Program/Research/D&E, providing clear/concise communication at regular intervals
Coach team members to interface with cross-sector stakeholders to: align and mitigate product design risks, define and fabricate functional models, and ensure timely release of manufacturable product designs
Provide team with technical oversight/guidance, ensuring development and delivery of complex optical structures in alignment with functional/quality and schedule requirements
Manage new product/technology portfolio via Project Lifecycle methodology, serving as initial Owner from Wilton Factory and maintaining 6P=P from feasibility to production-readiness phases
Establish and maintain an internal reporting structure, advising Senior Management of project status, plans, and escalation of help requests
Recruit, onboard, train and develop team members via structured 1:1 sessions, ad-hoc feedback, and technical mentorship. Ensure clear definition and acknowledgement of career growth paths that benefit employees and ASML
Build a culture of innovative problem-solving, employing fabrication and metrology methods that including, but not limited to:
Grinding/Polishing
Machining/Generating
Contacting
Coating
Bonding
Lithography/Etching
Interferometry/Metrology
Advanced Correction (MRF, IBF)
Demonstrate exemplary communication in differing business settings, providing expert-level technical detail and concise management-level summaries and business proposals
Define, track, and regularly report on aligned performance metrics to Senior Management: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost

Education and experience
Post-graduate degree in engineering or scientific field(s)
10+ years work experience in high-tech, production and new product introduction environments
5yrs+ people management or team lead experience
Has interfaced with multiple levels of leadership regarding technical and management topics
Hands-on/practical experience with multiple fabrication disciplines and glass/ceramic materials
History of completing individual and team-oriented tasks under tight deadlines

Skills
Strong sense of ownership and personal accountability
Adaptability to changing processes and plans in a high-pressure, dynamic work environment
Ability to interact and influence at various organizational levels to achieve short and long-term goals
Ability to analyze data, identify performance trends, and drive discussion/action with various stakeholders
Ability to identify and develop talent in multi-disciplinary technical teams

Other information

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
The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
May require travel dependent on company needs
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
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.

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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