Principal Optical Engineer
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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$230,700 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $221k versus about $203k for comparable roles.
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ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient.
ASML currently has 42 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $133,487–$196,050 across 26 roles with salary data.
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As a Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer, you will join a cross-functional team to design, develop, and deliver advanced modules and tools that enable next-generation optically enhanced performance in e-beam systems. You will own end-to-end technical delivery for module performance, lead the integration of complex opto-mechanical systems, and shape multi-year technical strategies and roadmaps. Your daily work involves translating requirements into traceable specifications, managing trade-offs across sub-modules, and ensuring system validation from prototype to high-volume manufacturing. You will utilize expertise in precision motion, optics, laser physics, and tolerancing to solve complex technical challenges. The role focuses on the development of advanced opto-mechanical components for e-beam systems, requiring a deep understanding of laser physics and mechanical integration to ensure scalable, serviceable products that meet rigorous performance, cost, and schedule requirements within the lithography equipment domain.
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