Sr. Quality Control Engineer (CMM Specialist)

Introduction to the job

ASML US 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 headquarters are in Veldhoven, the 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. 

ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. ASML's corporate headquarters is in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. The company has lithography research, development and manufacturing operations in Wilton, Connecticut and in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Technology development centers and training and application facilities are located in Asia, Europe and the United States. The Manufacturing Operations in Wilton Connecticut is responsible for the production of lithography tools as well as purchasing and logistics. The complete production process of the most advanced machines takes place within Manufacturing.

As a Manufacturing CMM Production Engineer, you will take on a new role within Production Engineering! This position will help standardize CMM processes, hardware and software configurations in the Wilton Factory. The applicant will lead a group of Production Engineers in a CMM Competency Network, that develops CMM Best Practices (BP), drives improvement projects that reduce factory cycle time and increases product safety. 

Roles and responsibilities

Technical Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Production Engineers in a CMM Competency Network that drives knowledge sharing

• Develop CMM programs for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects that meet high level assembly specifications

• Optimize existing measurement programs to improve cycle time, accuracy, repeatability and measurement uncertainty

• Responsible for creating manufacturing metrology requirements during product design reviews that ensure manufacturability in Wilton

• Develop Best Practices that include but are not limited to software version control, etc. that are standardized among all module CMM

• Identify latest CMM machines and metrology equipment and its application within the factory

• Create and maintain CMM database that includes system locations, configurations and measurement applications for all Wilton Factory Assembly CMM

• 2nd Line of Support for CMM failures and owner of escalations that require vendor support

• Establish preventative maintenance schedules to optimize CMM availability

• Create Capital and Operational expense planning for spare part management, upgrades and new CMMs

• Develop a catalog of historical failures that can be used to quickly resolve future failures

• Support Production Engineering team with Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility Studies (Gage R&R)

• Provide CMM training to team members

Project Responsibilities:

• Acts as a recognized partner within Manufacturing and Design Engineering by enabling effective decisions making on all levels.

• Initiates, participates or leads & implements metrology standards and best processes related to, for example, product generation process, effective decision making, reporting, change control, perform and guiding risk analysis sessions, and quality

• Provide the technical leadership and engineering foundation to deliver high quality metrology methods that meet module-level mechanical specifications and cycle times.

• And last but definitely not least, belongs to a winning team by living our values and building capabilities for the future.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other engineering, math or science degree or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of experience with CMM Equipment

• Mastery of PCDMIS Software including programming

• Mastery of metrology, technical dawning reading and GD&T interpretation skills

• 1+ year of experience working in a manufacturing environment (preferably in an engineering support capacity)

• Ability to communicate effectively i