DTS PLM - Domain Architect Systems Engineering & Systems Integration

Architecture Strategy & Roadmap

• Own the architecture vision, target state, and multi-year roadmap for the Systems Engineering & Systems Integration domain.
• Translate business ambitions, engineering needs, and technology opportunities into a coherent architectural direction.
• Define transition roadmaps that balance innovation, technical sustainability, business value, and delivery feasibility.
• Continuously evaluate industry developments and emerging technologies in Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, AI, MBSE, and engineering data management.

Digital Thread Architecture

• Define and evolve the architecture supporting ASML's engineering digital thread from requirements through system definition, verification, validation, and integration.
• Drive end-to-end traceability, information consistency, and integration across engineering platforms and data domains.
• Ensure architecture supports scalability, performance, usability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Help shape the future digital engineering ecosystem supporting increasingly complex product development.

Business and Technology Partnership

• Act as a trusted architecture partner to senior business stakeholders, engineering leaders, and product teams.
• Operate at a level playing field with business counterparts to jointly define future-state capabilities and roadmaps.
• Constructively challenge business requests, technology proposals, and architectural decisions when necessary to drive better outcomes.
• Facilitate informed discussions around trade-offs, priorities, technical debt, platform strategy, and investment decisions.
• Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups while maintaining architectural integrity.

Architecture Governance

• Act as the primary architectural authority for the domain.
• Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and design guardrails.
• Review and govern solution designs, major investments, platform choices, and architectural exceptions.
• Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, and broader DTS technology standards.

Delivery Support & Technology Leadership

• Partner with the Domain Owner to ensure execution remains aligned with the architectural vision.
• Support delivery teams in resolving complex technical challenges and architectural decisions.
• Guide implementation teams on architecture patterns, integration strategies, and technology choices.
• Ensure architecture is practical, executable, and delivers measurable business value.

Community Leadership

• Contribute to the growth and maturity of the DTS architecture community.
• Coach technical leads and engineering teams.
• Foster engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
• Influence architectural practices beyond the immediate domain through collaboration and thought leadership.

4-9 years, 10-15 years

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 8-12 years of relevant experience in architecture, engineering IT, digital engineering, enterprise applications, or complex technology environments.
• Proven experience defining architecture strategies and technology roadmaps.
• Experience working with engineering-intensive organizations and complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience balancing short-term business needs with long-term platform sustainability.
• Experience with engineering platforms such as Polarion, Teamcenter, Capella, or comparable engineering tool environments is considered a strong advantage.
• Experience with integration architectures, data models, APIs, cloud technologies, and enterprise software ecosystems.
• Experience supporting product development, systems engineering, or digital thread initiatives is highly desirable.

Strategic Architecture Leadership

• Ability to define and communicate an inspiring long-term architectural vision.
• Strong systems thinking and conceptual modeling capabilities.
• Ability to connect business strategy, engineering processes, information flows, and technology decisions.
• Strong architectural judgement and decision-making skills.

Business Partnership & Influence

• Ability to operate as an equal partner to senior business stakeholders.
• Confidence to challenge established viewpoints, assumptions, and requirements constructively.
• Ability to facilitate difficult conversations and navigate competing interests.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to create alignment without compromising architectural integrity.

Engineering Domain Knowledge

• Good understanding of Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering concepts.
• Familiarity with requirements management, traceability, architecture modeling, verification, validation, and integration processes.
• Understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering principles and methodologies.
• Strong interest in the future of engineering technology and digital transformation.

Technical Excellence

• Strong architecture modeling and design capabilities.
• Experience designing scalable and integrated enterprise solutions.
• Understanding of data architectures, integration patterns, APIs, security, and platform engineering concepts.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business language.

Personal Leadership

• Strong ownership mentality.
• Curiosity and continuous learning mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguity and evolving environments.
• Pragmatic, outcome-oriented, and collaborative approach.
• Courage to make decisions and challenge when necessary while maintaining trust and partnership.

• Veldhoven

• Working at ASML