Job Mission

The Senior Competency Engineer is responsible for providing expert technical direction, structured problem-solving leadership, and cross-line integration across YieldStar production lines to ensure high-quality and on-time delivery. The role exists to drive technical decision-making, lead teams through complex disturbances, strengthen troubleshooting capability, and deliver clear technical communication to enable alignment with management team.

Job Description

Technical Leadership & Decision-Making

• Lead technical assessments during Passdown, DRB (Disturbance Review Board), and issue discussion meetings.
• Make informed technical judgments and consolidate conclusions for management team alignment.
• Ensure decisions follow structured analysis, risk evaluation, and operational priorities.

Issue Ownership & Troubleshooting Management

• Own high-impact, recurring, and long-disturbance issues and oversee troubleshooting until resolution.
• Coordinate resources across YieldStar lines to ensure effective and sustainable solutions.
• Identify risks, constraints, and escalation triggers, initiating corrective actions as needed.

Structural Analysis & BKM(Best Known Method) Deployment

• Perform structural analysis to identify systemic gaps.
• Drive development and deployment of BKMs across product lines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to strengthen troubleshooting efficiency.

Technical Coaching & Peer Competence Development

• Provide technical guidance and coaching.
• Mentor peers to strengthen troubleshooting methodology and system/module competence.
• Support Management team as a technical reference and decision-support role.

Operational Alignment & Communication

• Align priorities, progress, risks, and expected outcomes with Management team Leaders and stakeholders.
• Deliver accurate, concise, management-ready technical reports and escalation packages.
• Ensure transparent and professional communication across teams.

Cross-Line Integration & Factory Target Support

• Leverage insights from YieldStar to prevent repeated disturbances.
• Respond quickly to customer feedback and quality notifications.
• Ensure technical decisions align with factory strategy and quality standards.

Education

• Engineering bachelor or above related fields.

Experience

• >5 years in semiconductor; >8 years preferred, or relevant industry experience.

Personal Skills

• Language: Fluent in English speaking and writing (TOEIC 800↑).
• Proactive, eager to learn and share.
• Possess Lean/Kaizen mindset.
• Willing and flexible to take ownership.
• Attentive to detail with strong logical reasoning.
• Open‑minded, high potential to fulfill department growth.

Other Information

• Shift work: 50% Day shift (08:00–17:00)  and 50% in night shift.(16:00~01:00)
• Overtime: Weekend: On call or OT in office monthly base on production request.
• Business trip: Emergency customer on-site support.

Inclusion and diversity

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 inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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