Machine Shop - Foundation Team Lead

Wilton, CTFull-timePosted Aug 5, 2026

Introduction of the job

As the Foundation Team Leader in Wilton, you will own and operate a domain specific Enabler or engineering service area, ensuring the availability, quality, and consistency of the services provided. You maintain and continuously improve the performance and reliability of the assigned Enabler or engineering service, securing coherence in execution and effectiveness across users and applications. In this role, you determine the structure and operation of the service, prioritize required improvements and maintenance, and escalate usage gaps or conflicts when needed. You are fully accountable for people management and for building the conditions necessary for a stable, high performing team. As the leader of the machine shop you are responsible for the equipment and safe environment of the facility, as well as the quality of parts processed in the lab.

The role focuses on mainstream or known technology and processes, operates within a single competency with limited competency responsibility, interfaces mainly at the engineer or team level within the site, and requires tactical stakeholder management with minimal involvement from external sectors or broader MDU networks.

Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you are responsible for ensuring the consistent availability, quality, and effectiveness of the machine shop team in scope while aligning service roadmaps with Delivery requirements.
Lead the day-to-day operation of the Machine Shop, ensuring safe, reliable, and timely delivery of parts and prototypes.
Plan, prioritize, and balance shop capacity to support engineering, R&D, and program needs across products and MDUs.
Contributes to the strategy and business plan for the department and translates into annual operational plan for their own group.
Contributes to the success of the department by taking ownership beyond the scope of their own group.
Takes informed decisions of a tactical nature, by analyzing information, evaluating alternatives, and considering the potential impact on the group, organization and stakeholders.
Ensure adherence to safety standards, quality requirements, and precision manufacturing practices.
Leads, manages, and develops machinists and technicians, including staffing, training, knowledge retention, skills growth, and performance management.
Acts as a role model, exemplifying the company values on a day-to-day basis. Stimulates team members to add value through their competences and empower them to take ownership. Delegates responsibilities and tasks to team members in order to enhance their development.
Own shop processes, tooling, and equipment readiness; drive preventive maintenance and capability upgrades, including machining roadmaps, tools purchases and installation..
Collaborate closely with engineers, proto teams, and stakeholders to translate design intent into manufacturable solutions.
Provides consult and expertise to stakeholders to best utilize the shop resources to support the business needs.

Foundation

Own and operate a Domain-Specific Enabler area for the machine shop, ensuring availability, quality and consistency of the enabler service for use.
Align and prioritize usage of enabler services across MDUs, balancing demand, capacity, and impact in close coordination with Delivery.
Continuously improve and develop the machine shop capabilities and professional support of the business line based on user input, aligning with domain strategy and evolving Delivery requirements.
Incorporate input from industry, academia and CAE/CAD tool suppliers to improve domain enablers.
May be required to act as the interface point contact for similar enabler teams in other sites.

People

Manage people small team (typically 0-10, can be more).
Mentor team members and align responsibilities and priorities related to the machine shop deliverables.
Creates a safe and inclusive environment in which employees feel engaged and can grow to their full potential through performance management, active coaching, and structured people development (skills and competencies).
Hiring and providing the right people to the team.

Education & Experience

Bachelors or equivalent experience in engineering or in relevant technical field.
10+ years technical background in relevant domain or relevant engineering service.
Experience operating in a complex engineering environment.
Technically skilled individual with extensive knowledge of machining and/or lab management.
Strong structuring and prioritization skills, driving efficient use of tools and enabling services.
Hold strong communication capabilities, enabling clear articulation of complex technical guidance across diverse stakeholder groups.
Knowledge of / experience with effort estimating, risk analysis.
Experience in leadership.

Skills

Technical & functional skills

Leads daily Machine Shop operations by managing capacity, tooling, equipment readiness, and safety critical precision manufacturing practices to ensure timely delivery of high-quality parts and prototypes.
Translates engineering design intent into manufacturable solutions while developing machinists and technicians through structured staffing, training, performance management, and collaboration with engineers and proto teams.
Acts as a subject matter expert for the machine shop team and the stakeholders to advise and consult on machining requests and challenges.

Behavioral & leadership skills

Drives results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
Demonstrates self-awareness: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
Values differences: Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Builds effective teams: Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
Drives vision and purpose: Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.

Other

This position is located on-site. It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation. A flexible workplace arrangement is available for remote work up to two days a week.
May require travel (specify domestic and/or international) dependent on business needs.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.

The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Will require travel dependent on business needs.
Can work under deadlines.
The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.
Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
Can learn and apply new information or skills.

Additional Responsibilities:

There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.

This 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.

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.

Need to know more about applying for a job at ASML? Read our frequently asked questions.

Request an Accommodation

ASML 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 USHR_Accommodation@asml.com to initiate the company’s reasonable accommodation process.

Please note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML’s process to request accommodation(s). Any recruitment questions should be directed to the designated Talent Acquisition member for the position.