Senior software application engineer - Austin, TX, United States
$131,600 - $180,950 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 September 2026 by the employer.
Focus on integrating BRION PWC/PWE software with customer production processes to optimize on-product performance.
About the role
This role involves working with customers to enable new technology nodes, driving the understanding of customer requirements, and solving complex on-product issues by integrating ASML products into customer-specific environments. You will specifically focus on introducing BRION PWC/PWE software and optimizing its performance within customer fabs.
What you'll do
- Introduce BRION PWC/PWE software and new products to customers.
- Collect input for design and review documents to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Perform engineering evaluations of products.
- Support customers to achieve and maintain on-product performance using the ASML portfolio.
- Lead a small group of software application engineers through projects or direct people management.
- Work on new customer business development and onboarding new customers.
What you'll need
- Bachelors Degree with 7+ years of experience, Masters Degree with 5+ years of experience, or PhD Degree with 3+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Optics sciences, or Physical Sciences.
- Knowledge of computational lithography & OPC software tools.
- Background in mask data preparation, physical design, lithography, and other wafer processing steps.
- Previous experience with direct customer interfaces.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Software debugging skills.
- Software programming skills and scripting skills.
- Fluent in using Linux shells.
Nice to have
- Lithography knowledge.
- Project management skills.
- Leadership experience and team leading experience.
Skills: BRION PWC/PWE software, computational lithography, OPC software tools, customer fabs, on-product performance, software application engineer
This role has been open 34 days — slightly above the 29-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
105
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Median days open
29 d
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Median salary
$162k
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| Metric | ASML | All employers we track in this specialty (105 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 105 |
| Median days open | 34 d | 29 d (+5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: BRION PWC/PWE software, computational lithography, OPC software tools, customer fabs, on-product performance, software application engineer
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 54 open roles · median 26 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 24 open roles · median 47 d
- Keysight Technologies · 9 open roles · median 49 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 62 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 87 d
- Arteris · 2 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 105 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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. Figures refresh nightly.