Defectivity Cleanliness Expert Job in Wilton - CT, United States

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

Defectivity Cleanliness Expert Job Description

Introduction
ASML 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.

Our main  headquarters are located in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we also have 18 office locations around the United States- including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ, San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA.​

Job Mission
ASML is seeking an expert in Cleanliness and Process Capability Studies to join the Wilton, CT development location as we break new ground in the emerging field of Defectivity. If you are someone that can identify critical cleanliness product and process parameters of a design then this is an exciting opportunity for you!ASML is constantly pushing the limits of technology into areas where nobody has gone before.

Within ASML the sector Development & Engineering (D&E) is responsible for the specification and design of ASML products. The M&D Defectivity group is responsible for creating the perfect environment within the vacuum reticle modules in cutting edge EUV lithography machines. We take many approaches, such as designing the flow in vacuum, choosing the correct materials and designing critical processes, like cleanliness processes. These cleanliness processes, of course, also need to be industrialized in the ASML factories and supply chain.

Our group is involved in the design and the industrialization of these critical cleanliness processes and managing the linked n-Tier supply chain.​

Job Description
As part of the Defectivity group you will take the lead in designing the cleanliness process of manufactured hardware components by supporting the hardware projects and the responsible hardware lead designers. You will ensure that the hardware design meets the cleanliness specifications during design and volume phases of the product by focusing on the correct cleanliness tests during the design phase and adjusting if necessary.  You will make sure that the cleanliness specifications are properly recorded in the Technical Product Documentation (TPD). You will also support the suppliers to understand the cleanliness specifications so that they test the correct parameters during the volume production phase.  You will also support the ASML factory for part cleanliness. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define cleanliness strategies for new product designs and manufacturing processes;
• Execute/lead design FMEAs for cleanliness of products;
• Define improvement action plans and get them implemented in the designs;
• Execute DOEs for cleanliness parameters on product and process level;
• Qualify vendors / suppliers for vacuum grade cleaning of manufactured parts;
• Apply experience with Six Sigma and ISO cleanliness standards;
• Define, Perform, and Analyze cleanliness measurements with RGA/XPS/SEM;
• Provide general surface particulate and vacuum cleanliness support;
• Transfer cleanliness knowledge between ASML units (i.e. ASML Cleanliness Competency, Wilton D&E, and Wilton Factory);
• Derive conclusions from analysis and make practical recommendations;
• Present results based on strong statistical evidence to audiences of a wide range of technical abilities;
• Demonstrate strong technical writing and communication skills, including the ability to contribute cleanliness standards and procedures to Technical Product Documentation;
• Take direction from ASML System Architects and Senior Engineering mentors who are leading the development effort of critical large capital equipment.​

Defectivity Cleanliness Expert Job Requirements

Education
BS (required) or MS / PhD (preferred) in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or related, with a clear specialization towards cleanliness of parts. Black Belt certification is a plus, or equivalent experience. 

Experience
Relevant work experience in a high-tech environment. 
Exposure to multi-disciplinary projects, such as robotics, mechatronics, or optical systems preferred but not required.
5-10 years of experience in cleanliness.

Personal skills

• Customer oriented team player willing to work with high level problem solvers on a daily basis;
• High energy, self-motivated, quick study with flexible nature;
• Team player with strong ownership and ability to handle multiple projects and tasks concurrently with minimal guidance;
• Good knowledge of English. 

• 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;
• 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.  

Defectivity Cleanliness Expert Application Information

Other information

• A challenging opportunity to expand your knowledge in a wide variety of engineering application areas and to work on problems spanning all technical fields;
• Highly creative and qualified teams with a diversity of experience;
• Great career opportunities at a quickly growing high-tech company;
• World class technical problems to solve;
• EEO/AA (W/M/Vets/Disability) Employer. 

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