# ASML, the Dutch chip equipment maker, is cutting roughly 1,700 jobs.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-22 · Times of India*

## Key points

- ASML is cutting about 1,700 management and coordination roles, not engineering positions.
- The layoffs will be offset by creating around 1,400 new engineering roles aimed at flattening the org chart.
- Internal documents list specific management positions targeted, including Project Lead and Release Train Engineers.
- ASML is planning a six-week summer recruitment freeze pending ongoing union negotiations and review.

**Companies:** ASML
**Countries:** Netherlands, United States

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