Hardware Testing Lab Manager

Introduction to the Job

As a Hardware Testing Lab Manager, you will shape the environment that supports the next generation of advanced hardware development  will manage multiple laboratory spaces, enable safe and fast experimentation, and ensure that equipment and facilities are always ready for high‑precision testing. Your work will help engineers turn ideas into reliable results, supporting ASML’s mission to push the boundaries of semiconductor technology.

You will lead daily lab operations, plan future capabilities, and guide the build‑out of a new laboratory scheduled for 2027. You will ensure that every setup, test, and process reflects ASML’s standards for quality, safety, and collaboration. This role is hands‑on, highly technical, and central to the performance of our hardware teams.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

In this role, you will guide the technical and operational excellence of our laboratory environments. You will work closely with engineers, facilities partners, and technical specialists to support safe, efficient testing.

• Oversee daily operations across multiple laboratories and ensure consistent safety, quality, and performance.
• Lead the requirements and design activities for a new laboratory planned for 2027.
• Support engineers with experiment setup, execution, and troubleshooting to maintain accuracy and efficiency.
• Maintain a safe work environment through training, audits, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Manage laboratory equipment through inspections, maintenance coordination, and timely repairs.
• Improve laboratory workflows by identifying upgrades and implementing process enhancements.
• Develop long‑term plans for lab capabilities, including equipment needs, layout planning, and budget requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Ten years of laboratory experience with a bachelor’s degree, eight with a master’s degree, or six with a PhD.
• At least three years of experience managing a laboratory or test facility.
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, optical, and control systems.

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view.

You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems. To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Apply laboratory safety practices with care and consistency.
• Troubleshoot and maintain pumps, chillers, vacuum systems, and other lab equipment.
• Use and troubleshoot instrumentation such as pressure sensors and temperature measurement devices.
• Work with data acquisition systems and basic programming tools.
• Think strategically and solve problems in a structured way.
• Communicate clearly across technical and non‑technical teams.
• Work independently while managing several priorities.
• Anticipate and resolve technical issues proactively.
• Create clear, accurate documentation.
• Stay organized in fast‑moving environments.

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 and hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.
• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Will require travel…