Senior Controls/Automation Engineer - San Diego, CA, United States
$142,800 - $196,350 USD yearly
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on the EUV light source system and related control/optimization/calibration subsystems.
About the role
This role involves the development and engineering of metrology, automation, and control loops for the EUV light source system. This includes working on sophisticated control algorithms, real-time embedded software, and high-speed electronics for stable EUV light production.
What you'll do
- Serve as a technical expert for control/optimization/calibration subsystems.
- Perform feasibility studies and support product roadmap development.
- Coordinate or execute testing processes and design verification in lab test benches and cleanroom environments.
- Define, plan, manage, and coordinate assigned projects.
- Lead and mentor junior controls engineers in developing innovative control system solutions.
- Design, develop, and implement complex algorithms involving controller design, optimization, system identification, signal processing, and stochastic signal analysis.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Controls, Mechanical, Computer, Chemical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering or Physics.
- 5 years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience designing and implementing practical feedback control or optimization systems.
- Knowledge of modern control theory, optimization, stochastics, and some nonlinear control theory.
- Excellent knowledge of and experience with Matlab and Simulink.
- Ability to translate, statistically analyze large amounts of data, and report effectively.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD.
- Specialization in advanced control systems or plasma physics.
- Courses in Linear systems, feedback control, optimization, signal processing, estimation and system identification, and non-linear systems.
- Working knowledge of C/C++ and Python.
Skills: control/optimization/calibration subsystems, EUV, control system solutions, algorithms, Matlab and Simulink
This role has been open 26 days — well below the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3771
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | ASML | All employers we track in this specialty (3771 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 195 | 3771 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 335 | 9854 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 67 d | 55 d (+12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: control/optimization/calibration subsystems, EUV, control system solutions, algorithms, Matlab and Simulink
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 614 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 547 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 289 open roles · median 41 d
- KLA Corporation · 252 open roles · median 69 d
- ASML (this employer) · 196 open roles · median 67 d
- ASM International · 163 open roles · median 81 d
How we counted: 3771 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.