ASML
SemiconductorsDirect Workday career site

Principle Software Engineer - Systems software

Pay
$202,000 – $277,750 per year
Location
San Jose, CA · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Executive
Experience
10+ years
Listed
20 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • C#
  • C++
  • .NET
  • WCF
  • WPF

Also useful

  • Python
  • Redis
  • SQL
  • machine learning

Stated benefits & perks

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life insurance
  • 401k

About the role

Principle Software Engineer at ASML play a critical role in owning and driving the technical details of the projects that would ultimately drive customer satisfaction. We are looking for an experienced engineer and technical leader with strong analytical, design and development skills, technical depth, curiosity, enthusiasm, integrity and being results oriented.

You will be a key member of our highly integrated multi-disciplinary matrixed team of software, systems, applications and algorithm engineers. If you have a desire to work collaboratively while solving tough problems across real full software stacks including hardware, firmware, OS, desktop applications and web applications, we want to hear from you.

Role and Responsibility

  • Develop systems software roadmap based on overall product needs
  • Define roadmap for software evolutionary and new technology insertion
  • Develop innovative software solutions to contribute towards product and technology roadmap
  • Instill commonality as part of roadmap to improve operational efficiency
  • Demonstrate systematic problem-solving to resolve problems and standardize solutions
  • Improve operational efficiency in product development specifically during early phases of development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to contribute to system design changes for manufacturability, serviceability, and testability
  • Decompose complex problems and derive software requirements to propose a feasible solution
  • Enable successful technical integration of hardware and software system solutions
  • Drive adoption of best industry practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
  • Utilize OOD and design patterns to design and formulate modular software solutions
  • Contribute to automated continuous integration pipeline to build, test, and release
  • Coach a team of junior architects and be responsible for their deliverables
  • Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication
  • Able to provide refactor solutions such that legacy and new systems can co-exist
  • Able to do performance analysis, troubleshooting and technical support as needed
  • Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

  • Proficient in.NET technologies, C# or C++
  • Hands-on experience with WCF and WPF
  • Hands-on experience in.Net, state machine, distributed, parallel programming,
  • 10+ years of experience in developing software with C#,.NET and C++
  • 10+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and legacy systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience architecting large systems or system of systems in distributed environment
  • Experience architecting common software components across products and programs
  • Experience with software for complex mechatronic systems
  • Experience partnering with product or program management teams using agile process
  • Experience with Python, Redis, SQL, machine learning
  • Experience writing systems software for any of semiconductor equipment, IoT devices, medical systems, robotics, motion systems, mechatronics systems, electron optical systems, calibrations, image processing, process automation, wireless, cameras or sensors

Other Information

  • Travel 10% per year to support software at our customer sites

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently

$202,000-277,750

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.
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Read the original posting

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