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You combine deep technical expertise with strong systems thinking to support architectural decision making, technical trade-off analysis, interface management, and integration planning.\nYou help ensure architectural consistency across multiple disciplines and subsystems by driving technical studies, architecture reviews, risk assessments, and roadmap alignment. You influence technical direction through expertise, collaboration, and engineering leadership, while supporting architectural governance and technical excellence throughout the product lifecycle.\nYou contribute to the development of system architectures for one or more products and support multiple MDUs through technical leadership, architecture execution, and cross-functional alignment.\nRole and responsibilities\nIn this role, you are responsible for supporting the development and realization of system domain architectures by ensuring architectural consistency, technical coherence, integration readiness, and effective technical decision making across products and development teams.\nArchitecture Development & Technical Leadership\nDevelop and maintain system domain architectural views, solution concepts, and technical roadmaps.\nTranslate product, customer, and business needs into architectural analyses, system concepts, and technical recommendations.\nSupport System Domain Architects in defining and maintaining system architecture baselines.\nDrive technical decomposition and allocation of requirements across system and subsystem boundaries.\nEnsure architectural consistency across subsystems, modules, and engineering disciplines.\nReview technical solutions and architectural implementations for compliance with architectural intent.\nIntegration & Technical Alignment\nAlign architectural requirements with System Engineering, MDU Architects, technical leads, and delivery teams.\nFacilitate interface definition, integration strategy, and system-level alignment across multiple domains.\nSupport qualification readiness and technical integration planning.\nDrive architecture-related technical reviews, assessments, and decision preparation.\nSupport architecture governance activities and design review processes.\nAnalysis, Risk Management & Continuous Improvement\nIdentify required architecture studies, simulations, technical investigations, and trade-off evaluations.\nDrive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex technical challenges.\nIdentify, assess, and mitigate architectural risks, system integration risks, and technical debt.\nEscalate significant technical risks, architectural conflicts, and unresolved trade-offs to the System Domain Architect.\nContribute to architectural methods, standards, design rules, and engineering best practices.\nPeople & Community Development\nCoach engineers and technical leads on systems thinking, architecture methods, and technical decision making.\nContribute to Architect Development Programs, Technical Competences, and Guild communities.\nFoster technical excellence, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across teams and sectors.\nSupport development of future architects and senior technical leaders.\nEducation and experience\nBS in Engineering or relevant technical field.\nMSc or PhD preferred in a relevant technical field.\nExtensive experience (typically 10+ years) in complex multidisciplinary system development.\nExperience working across multiple subsystems, engineering disciplines, or business lines.\nProven experience leading technical initiatives across teams and organizational boundaries.\nStrong experience in systems engineering, system architecture, integration, or technical leadership roles.\nDemonstrated ability to solve ambiguous technical problems and drive alignment among diverse stakeholders.\nRecognized technical expert capable of influencing technical direction and decision making without direct authority.\nExperience balancing customer value, business objectives, technology roadmaps, and engineering excellence.\nSkills\nTechnical & Functional Skills\nSystem Architecture Development & Realization\nDevelops architectural concepts, system-level analyses, and solution alternatives that support the realization of robust, scalable, and maintainable multidisciplinary systems while ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer needs, and system requirements.\nRequirements, Interfaces & Integration Management\nDefines, analyzes, and aligns requirements, interfaces, and boundary conditions across multiple subsystems and engineering domains to ensure successful system integration and qualification readiness.\nTechnical Decision Support & Trade-off Analysis\nLeads technical studies, simulations, and trade-off analyses that support architecture decisions by balancing performance, risk, cost, schedule, maintainability, and future roadmap considerations.\nSystem Risk Management & Technical Problem Solving\nProactively identifies architectural risks, integration challenges, and technical debt while driving structured problem solving, root-cause investigations, and mitigation strategies throughout the product lifecycle.\nRoadmaps, Architecture Governance & Engineering Excellence\nSupports development of technology roadmaps, architecture governance processes, design rules, and architectural standards while promoting continuous improvement and engineering excellence across the organization.\nBehavioral & Leadership Skills\nDrives Results\nTranslates complex technical challenges into clear priorities, actionable work plans, and measurable outcomes while maintaining focus on delivering high-quality technical solutions.\nDemonstrates Self-Awareness\nSeeks feedback, continuously learns, and adapts leadership and communication approaches to maximize effectiveness and technical impact.\nValues Differences\nActively integrates diverse technical perspectives and encourages healthy technical debate to strengthen decision quality and innovation.\nBuilds Effective Teams\nDevelops technical talent through coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing while fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries.\nDrives Vision and Purpose\nHelps connect architecture objectives, technology strategy, and business goals through clear communication, technical leadership, and stakeholder alignment.\nThe current base annual salary range for this role is currently:\n$196,500-288,200Pay 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.\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. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise participate in the employee pre-selection process, please send an email to  to initiate the company’s reasonable accommodation process.\nPlease note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML’s process to request accommodation(s). 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