Team lead for fiber drawing in Erlangen Germany

Introduction to the job

Light sources are critical to secure the performance of ASMLs machines. ASML is developing and manufacturing special optical fibers that are essential to secure functionality of these light sources. We are seeking for a team lead.

Your main tasks include the technical and organizational steering of a multidisciplinary team of engineers in an agile environment (SAFe way of working) to manage the collaboration between the ASML location in Erlangen the headquarters in Veldhoven (The Netherlands) and our technology partner the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. You provide clear communication to stakeholders (management project) including data analysis of fiber manufacturing yield identify key gaps of the process status quo to industrialization targets and a breakdown of work packages to close gaps.

Role and responsibilities

• Work in an agile (SAFe) environment with a multidisciplinary team of researchers engineers potentially operators project leads and management. A substantial part of the job is to lead the team. This includes
  • Maintain & develop a highperforming team perform capacity planning intake of new work create a 6quarter plan and plan features/stories for the coming quarter on the right level of detail.
  • Take ownership of current and projected fiber fabrication yield vs demand
  • Contribute to the breakdown of development work packages.
• Manage the collaboration with local ASML Erlangen team Veldhoven headquarters and local technology partner. Organize reoccurring alignment meetings (e.g. Steering Committee meetings)
• Get rapidly proficient with various stages of the fiber drawing process starting from raw material characterization preform assembly to drawing fibers. Use your technical acumen to give guidance to the team and bring in your own ideas.
• Occasional work in a hightech fiber manufacturing facility (clean room) may be needed.
• Embrace development of new fibers and glass components to secure the roadmap.

Education and experience

• Masters degree or Ph.D. in Physics Material Science or a similar technology field
• Process engineering experience in industrialization/fabrication of hightech components.
• 2y experience in a hightech environment and in leading teams
• Ideally experience as Product Owner/Scrum Master and/or Team Lead
• Affinity with optical fibers and ASML products
• Excellent knowledge of the English language. Experience in German is an advantage.
• Demonstrable practical experience in the following fields would be a plus:
  • Specialty Fiber drawing & characterization
  • Clean room work
  • Yield analysis in manufacturing (e.g. Statistical Process Control 6sigma)
  • Data analysis (e.g. MATLAB Python Excel)
  • Jira

Personal skills

• You are willing to be part of a highperforming team in which we highlyvalue trust and follow a common mission.
• You have an attitude to show our core company values: challenge collaborate and care.
• You like to develop people and work in a team have excellent organizational planning & communication skills. And you have the ability to dive into technical problems in a hightech environment.
• You are systematic and thorough in your work.
• You are confident to work in a remote small and agile team (Erlangen) and discuss your results also remotely with colleagues in the Netherlands (Veldhoven)
• You are confident to engineer your role to make it fit to the company and group goals.

Other information

You report to a group (team) leader and a part of the SAFE (agile) environment. The principal location of work is in Erlangen Germany. Regular business trips to ASMLs Headquarters in the Netherlands are needed. The position is temporary limited to end 2026 (replacement for a parental leave).

Please note that this is a temporary position untill end of 2026. Therefore a LTA or someone who is interested to work temporary at our site in Erlangen could be an option as well

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit hire train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race color religion sex age national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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