ASML Sr. Design Engineer reviews

4.2

62% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)
avatar

Christophe Fouquet

27% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Sr. Design Engineer employees have rated ASML with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Design Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. ASML is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

45 reviews
4.0
Dec 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting topics to work in and a lot of mobility within projects. They take good care of employees and a lot of vacation time.

Cons

It's stuck on using old tools (like MATLAB) and in old ways. It's not really innovative as advertised, although it works on same old problems on new machines. Most people working there think that they are smart ... but aren't. Also suffers an endemic "not invented here" attitude and reinvents the wheel every other year. Career advancement gets slower over time and ASML encourages people to grow on a managerial role as either: Group Leader (direct line manager), Project Leader (project manager) or Architect (glorified technical manager with limited technical skills that advises other managers with not technical skills). If you are an outstanding Engineer at some point you will have 3 to 4 managers hammering you for results. Encourages a "popularity contest" way of thinking, that means that shallow/easy and widespread solutions are more recognized than solving a deep/difficult problem that not many people understand.

4.0
Nov 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-If you you are in physics, mechatronics, etc - you will work on a cutting edge technology. This is, unfortunately, not the case for software. - Salary somewhat above the market - Good holiday entitlement (40 days) for full (non-agency) employees

Cons

For a SW engineer: - lots of maintenance work - very time consuming development process. It may take you a few weeks to get all the approvals to commit a 50-line code patch - A lot of documentation around the code: design specification, test specification, etc. Even for small code changes. - You are likely decreasing your employablity chances,in the outside world, as ASML often uses outdated SW technologies - Line management is not very concerned to motivate the employees and find the best fit job for them long-term. Rather, put them to solve some hot problem at hand.

Viewing 28 - 30 of 45 Reviews

Glassdoor has 4,334 ASML reviews submitted anonymously by ASML employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if ASML is right for you.