{"id":3551045,"url":"https://alion.io/job/asml-senior-mechanical-thermal-analysis-engineer-research","title":"Senior Mechanical Thermal Analysis Engineer - Research","company":{"id":17151,"name":"ASML","domain":"asml.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/asml","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"open_postings":116,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.905,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":17,"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Wilton, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":101000,"max_usd":190000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":6333},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Abaqus","optional":false},{"name":"ANSYS","optional":false},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"Nastran","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Siemens NX","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T22:42:08Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-30","last_verified_at":"2026-11-01T14:16:34Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Introduction of the job\nAs a Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer, you will apply advanced analytical and numerical methods to predict and optimize complex opto-mechanical and electromechanical systems throughout feasibility, design, integration, qualification, and troubleshooting.\nYou will bring deep expertise in finite element methods, solid mechanics, structural dynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, numerical methods, or Multiphysics simulation. You will develop models of appropriate fidelity, evaluate technical risks, correlate predictions with test data, and translate complex results into clear engineering recommendations.\nThis is a senior technical role requiring analytical rigor, sound judgment, autonomy, and collaborative leadership. You will build trusted relationships across disciplines, influence decisions through expertise and credibility, mentor others, and advance ASML’s analysis methods and capabilities.\nRole and Responsibilities\nTranslate system and module requirements into analysis objectives, assumptions, load cases, acceptance criteria, and verification strategies.\nDevelop analytical, finite element, reduced-order, and system-level models to predict performance and optimize complex mechanical and Multiphysics systems.\nPerform advanced linear and nonlinear structural, thermal, dynamic, vibration, fluid, or coupled-physics analyses.\nSelect and defend modeling assumptions, material properties, interfaces, boundary conditions, mesh strategies, solver settings, and convergence criteria.\nVerify and validate results through first-principles calculations, benchmarks, sensitivity and uncertainty assessments, independent checks, and test correlation.\nGuide concept selection, detailed design, integration, and qualification by identifying performance drivers, technical risks, margins, and practical improvements.\nResolve test, manufacturing, and field issues through physics-based root-cause analysis and computational modeling.\nDefine the analysis, testing, measurements, and risk-retirement activities required to establish confidence in proposed designs.\nCommunicate methods, results, uncertainties, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.\nBuild trusted cross-functional relationships, actively consider alternative perspectives, and influence decisions through expertise, listening, and constructive collaboration.\nProvide technical direction, peer review, and mentoring to engineers, suppliers, consultants, and external partners.\nImprove organizational capability through reusable methods, modeling standards, automation tools, and computational workflows.\nPlan and deliver analysis activities while managing quality, schedules, dependencies, documentation, configuration traceability, and applicable EHS requirements.\nEducation & Experience\nMaster’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Computational Engineering, Engineering Science, or a closely related discipline is strongly preferred. A bachelor’s degree with substantial directly relevant analysis experience may be considered.\nMinimum of Eight years of experience in engineering analysis, computational mechanics, complex mechanical-system development, physical sciences, or a related technical field.\nDemonstrated expertise in finite element methods, solid mechanics, numerical methods, computational modeling, and physics-based problem solving.\nAdvanced experience in linear or nonlinear structural analysis, including contact, material or geometric nonlinearities, joints, stability, fatigue, or fracture.\nExpertise in one or more additional areas, such as structural dynamics, vibration, transient response, heat transfer, thermal distortion, computational fluid dynamics, or multiphysics simulation.\nExperience verifying and correlating analytical models with experimental or qualification-test data.\nExperience with high-precision equipment, semiconductor equipment, opto-mechanical systems, mechatronics, aerospace systems, scientific instruments, or similarly complex products is preferred.\nExperience with optimization, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification, probabilistic methods, or reduced-order modeling is beneficial.\nExperience with ANSYS, Siemens NX/Simcenter, Abaqus, Nastran, or equivalent tools, together with Python, MATLAB, Mathematica, or similar technical computing environments, is preferred.\nDemonstrated collaborative leadership through technical direction, peer review, mentoring, or coordination across multidisciplinary teams.\nSkills\nTechnical & functional skills\nWorld-class command of engineering mechanics, finite element methods, numerical methods, and physics-based modeling within one or more relevant technical disciplines.\nAbility to identify dominant physical mechanisms and convert complex behavior into models appropriate to the engineering decision, technical risk, available data, and schedule.\nAbility to establish, verify, validate, and clearly defend modeling assumptions, methods, uncertainties, limitations, and conclusions.\nStrong mechanical intuition regarding load paths, interfaces, sensitivities, performance drivers, and failure modes.\nAbility to solve multidisciplinary problems involving mechanical, thermal, fluid, electromagnetic, optical, or controls interactions.\nAbility to evaluate tradeoffs and recommend practical solutions considering performance, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, safety, compliance, and schedule.\nAbility to recognize technical gaps and define the additional analysis, testing, or research required to resolve them.\nAbility to communicate complex technical information clearly and credibly to audiences with different levels of expertise.\nAbility to lead through technical competence, relationships, and influence rather than relying solely on formal authority.\nStrong customer focus, attention to detail, technical integrity, and commitment to quality and timely delivery.\nAbility to work autonomously and collaboratively in a demanding environment with changing priorities.\nBehavioral & leadership skills\nDrives Results: Establishes clear priorities, takes ownership, manages tradeoffs, and delivers technically sound results with the required quality and timing.\nDemonstrates Self-Awareness: Understands personal strengths, limitations, and impact on others; seeks feedback; and adapts behavior to improve collaboration and results.\nValues Differences: Seeks, respects, and integrates different perspectives, disciplines, cultures, and working styles.\nBuilds trusted relationships through humility, credibility, active listening, clear communication, and respect for others’ expertise.\nDemonstrates intellectual curiosity, constructively challenges assumptions, and remains open to alternative methods and conclusions.\nCommunicates uncertainty, limitations, risks, and unfavorable findings objectively and with technical integrity.\nWorks effectively across organizational and disciplinary boundaries to resolve complex problems.\nDevelops other engineers, strengthens the broader technical organization, and demonstrates the potential to become a senior technical leader or analysis architect.\nOther\nThis position is located on-site in Wilton, Connecticut. It requires onsite presence to ensure teamwork, collaboration, and innovation and to attend in-person work-related events, testing, training, and meetings.\nRoutinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.\nOccasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.\nMay require domestic and/or international travel, dependent on business needs, up to approximately 10%.\nSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.\nMust be capable of working under deadlines and adapting to changing technical and project priorities.\nThe general office environment is moderate in temperature and noise level.\nASML offers the opportunity to expand your knowledge across a wide variety of engineering application areas while working with highly qualified, diverse teams to solve world-class technical problems.\nThe position provides career-development opportunities within a growing high-technology organization responsible for some of the most precise and complex machines ever produced.\nAdditional Responsibilities (as needed in the cleanroom and/or labs)\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nMust be willing to work in a cleanroom environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, and gloves and working under ISO 9000/14000 standards.\nThe environment in the cleanroom is moderate in temperature with moderate to high noise levels.\nMust be capable of working safely around lasers; on ladders; on platforms; around chemicals; near strong magnetic fields; and around high voltages and currents.\nThe employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.\nThe current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $118,875 - $176,000\nAdditional Responsibilities: There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:\n$0-0Pay 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.\nThe 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.\nAll new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.\nThis 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.\nInclusion and diversity\nASML 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.\nNeed to know more about applying for a job at ASML? Read our frequently asked questions.\nRequest an Accommodation\nASML provides reasonable accommodations to applicants for ASML employment and ASML employees with disabilities. An accommodation is a change in work rules, facilities, or conditions which enable an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform the essential functions of a job, and/or enjoy equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment. 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