Optical Sensor Design Engineer
ASML · Wilton Center, CT · 1 mo ago
On-siteDesignFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key content:
- Introduction: "As an Optical Sensor Design Engineer, you will help develop precision technologies that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Your work will contribute to the optical alignment systems inside ASML’s lithography machines. Based in Wilton, Connecticut, you will join the Wafer Alignment Sensor department. You will design, build, test, and integrate complex optical and photonic sensor systems. These systems combine light sources, detectors, fiber optics, electronics, and signal-processing software."
That's about the role.
- Role and Responsibilities: bullet list (but in text). We need to put as
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key content:
- Introduction: "As an Optical Sensor Design Engineer, you will help develop precision technologies that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Your work will contribute to the optical alignment systems inside ASML’s lithography machines. Based in Wilton, Connecticut, you will join the Wafer Alignment Sensor department. You will design, build, test, and integrate complex optical and photonic sensor systems. These systems combine light sources, detectors, fiber optics, electronics, and signal-processing software."
That's about the role.
- Role and Responsibilities: bullet list (but in text). We need to put as - .
List items:
- Lead complex technical work and own module-level design activities.
- Collaborate with engineers across several disciplines to deliver reliable sensor solutions.
- Design, develop, build, and integrate optical alignment sensor systems.
- Build and align imaging, detector, fiber-optic, and other optical systems.
- Analyze test data to evaluate sensor performance and identify technical issues.
- Lead root-cause investigations, complex testing, and technical troubleshooting activities.
- Develop, test, and improve signal-processing algorithms and analysis methods.
- Coordinate technical work across software, electronics, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams.
- Communicate technical findings clearly to engineering teams, customers, suppliers, and leaders.
- Education and Experience: list.
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, optics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least two years of relevant engineering experience, including applicable graduate research.
- Master’s degree in a related technical field is preferred.
- Hands-on experience building, testing, aligning, or troubleshooting optical systems.
- Experience using MATLAB for data processing, analysis, or algorithm development.
- Familiarity with Python or LabVIEW is preferred.
- Experience working autonomously on complex technical assignments.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Skills: list.
- Apply analytical thinking to complex optical and system-level problems.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues from different technical disciplines.
- Translate data and stakeholder input into clear, evidence-based conclusions.
- Communicate technical information for both engineering and nontechnical audiences.
- Take ownership of assignments and follow through on commitments.
- Adapt priorities while maintaining accuracy, quality, and attention to detail.
- Identify technical bottlenecks and recommend practical improvements.
- Listen actively and contribute constructively during design and troubleshooting discussions.
- Other Information: location on-site in Wilton, CT. Requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation. A flexible workplace arrangement may be available to employees working in roles conducive to remote work (up to 2 days a week). Role within Office Essential Job Functions: many bullet points about physical demands, etc. Additional Responsibilities (as needed in cleanroom/labs): details about cleanroom environment, wearing PPE, ISO standards, moderate temperature, noise, lasers, ladders, platforms, chemicals. Additional Responsibilities: potential exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents. The current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $0-0 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: EEO statement. Need to know more about applying... Request an Accommodation... etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove EEO statement, accommodation request, application deadline, controlled technology note, etc. Also remove "For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US." That's application instruction? Might be considered boilerplate. We'll remove.
We need to keep substantive info: location, flexible workplace arrangement (up to 2 days a week) maybe schedule? It's about remote work flexibility. Could be considered Schedule? The instruction says include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It mentions flexible workplace arrangement may be available (up to 2 days a week). That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section with that detail.
Pay: The posting says "The current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $0-0". That's placeholder (0-0). According to instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The salary range is $0-0 which is placeholder; we should not create a Pay section because it's not substantive. So we omit Pay.
Benefits: The posting mentions medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, 401k plan, 8 hours vacation leave per month, 13 paid holidays. That's substantive benefits. So we should include Benefits section with those details.
We also have "Other Information" includes location, flexible workplace arrangement, essential job functions (physical demands), cleanroom responsibilities, etc. Some of that could be considered "About the role" or "Responsibilities"? The essential job functions are more about physical demands; maybe we could include a section "Working Conditions" but not in allowed headings. Allowed headings are only those listed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must use those headings only. So we need to map content to those headings.
We have:
- About the role: introduction paragraph.
- Responsibilities: the list of duties.
- Requirements: maybe education and experience? Could be Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications (master's degree, familiarity with Python/LabVIEW). But we could combine education and experience under Requirements, and maybe Skills separate.
But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including education/experience and maybe qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Schedule.
We must not create sections with filler. So we need to ensure each section has real content.
Let's extract:
About the role: introduction paragraph.
Responsibilities: the bullet list under "Role and Responsibilities".
Requirements: Education and Experience bullet list (including bachelor's degree, 2 years experience, master's preferred, hands-on experience, MATLAB experience, Python/LabVIEW preferred, autonomous work, strong communication). That seems like requirements.
Skills: the bullet list under "Skills".
Benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, 401k, 8 hours vacation per month, 13 paid holidays.
Schedule: flexible workplace arrangement may be available (up to 2 days a week). Also maybe mention onsite presence required? But schedule is about flexible remote work. We'll include that.
We should also include location? Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section but not allowed. We'll include location in About the role paragraph (already there: Based in Wilton, Connecticut). Good.
We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we don't repeat.
Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
As an Optical Sensor Design Engineer, you will help develop precision technologies that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Your work will contribute to the optical alignment systems inside ASML’s lithography machines. Based in Wilton, Connecticut, you will join the Wafer Alignment Sensor department. You will design, build, test, and integrate complex optical and photonic sensor systems. These systems combine light sources, detectors, fiber optics, electronics, and signal-processing software.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex technical work and own module-level design activities.
- Collaborate with engineers across several disciplines to deliver reliable sensor solutions.
- Design, develop, build, and integrate optical alignment sensor systems.
- Build and align imaging, detector, fiber-optic, and other optical systems.
- Analyze test data to evaluate sensor performance and identify technical issues.
- Lead root-cause investigations, complex testing, and technical troubleshooting activities.
- Develop, test, and improve signal-processing algorithms and analysis methods.
- Coordinate technical work across software, electronics, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams.
- Communicate technical findings clearly to engineering teams, customers, suppliers, and leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, optics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least two years of relevant engineering experience, including applicable graduate research.
- Master’s degree in a related technical field is preferred.
- Hands-on experience building, testing, aligning, or troubleshooting optical systems.
- Experience using MATLAB for data processing, analysis, or algorithm development.
- Familiarity with Python or LabVIEW is preferred.
- Experience working autonomously on complex technical assignments.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Skills
- Apply analytical thinking to complex optical and system-level problems.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues from different technical disciplines.
- Translate data and stakeholder input into clear, evidence-based conclusions.
- Communicate technical information for both engineering and nontechnical audiences.
- Take ownership of assignments and follow through on commitments.
- Adapt priorities while maintaining accuracy, quality, and attention to detail.
- Identify technical bottlenecks and recommend practical improvements.
- Listen actively and contribute constructively during design and troubleshooting discussions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and their families.
- Eligibility to participate in the Company’s 401k plan.
- Eight (8) hours of vacation leave per month.
- Thirteen (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Schedule
A flexible workplace arrangement may be available, allowing up to two days of remote work per week, with the expectation of onsite presence for in‑person work‑related events, trainings, and meetings.
Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO, accommodation request, application deadline, controlled technology, etc. Also removed "Additional Responsibilities" etc. We kept schedule description that includes onsite presence expectation; that's okay.
We must ensure we didn't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading: we didn't.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings:
About the role
As an Optical Sensor Design Engineer, you will help develop precision technologies that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Your work will contribute to the optical alignment systems inside ASML’s lithography machines. Based in Wilton, Connecticut, you will join the Wafer Alignment Sensor department. You will design, build, test, and integrate complex optical and photonic sensor systems. These systems combine light sources, detectors, fiber optics, electronics, and signal-processing software.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex technical work and own module-level design activities.
- Collaborate with engineers across several disciplines to deliver reliable sensor solutions.
- Design, develop, build, and integrate optical alignment sensor systems.
- Build and align imaging, detector, fiber-optic, and other optical systems.
- Analyze test data to evaluate sensor performance and identify technical issues.
- Lead root-cause investigations, complex testing, and technical troubleshooting activities.
- Develop, test, and improve signal-processing algorithms and analysis methods.
- Coordinate technical work across software, electronics, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams.
- Communicate technical findings clearly to engineering teams, customers, suppliers, and leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, optics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least two years of relevant engineering experience, including applicable graduate research.
- Master’s degree in a related technical field is preferred.
- Hands-on experience building, testing, aligning, or troubleshooting optical systems.
- Experience using MATLAB for data processing, analysis, or algorithm development.
- Familiarity with Python or LabVIEW is preferred.
- Experience working autonomously on complex technical assignments.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Skills
- Apply analytical thinking to complex optical and system-level problems.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues from different technical disciplines.
- Translate data and stakeholder input into clear, evidence-based conclusions.
- Communicate technical information for both engineering and nontechnical audiences.
- Take ownership of assignments and follow through on commitments.
- Adapt priorities while maintaining accuracy, quality, and attention to detail.
- Identify technical bottlenecks and recommend practical improvements.
- Listen actively and contribute constructively during design and troubleshooting discussions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and their families.
- Eligibility to participate in the Company’s 401k plan.
- Eight (8) hours of vacation leave per month.
- Thirteen (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Schedule
A flexible workplace arrangement may be available, allowing up to two days of remote work per week, with the expectation of onsite presence for in‑person work‑related events, trainings, and meetings.
Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO, accommodation request, application deadline, controlled technology, etc. Also removed "Additional Responsibilities" etc. We kept schedule description that includes onsite presence expectation; that's okay. We must ensure we didn't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading: we didn't. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings: