Introduction to the job

ASML is relentlessly driving the semiconductor industry’s ongoing quest for producing faster, smarter and more energy efficient chips. At the projection group we’re at the core of this quest with the responsibility to transfer and de-magnify the reticle image onto the wafer in the EUV scanners by means of advanced optical manipulations and corrections.

As such the projection group has a high level of interaction with key stake holders such as Zeiss (producer of the optical hardware), marketing and system engineering, as well as interaction with customers. We are a young, dynamic, international and highly skilled workforce creating, with strong support of our suppliers, the lithographic tools the industry needs to achieve its goals. 

Are you looking for a challenge to design, test, integrate and troubleshoot state-of-the-art technology? Then you will enjoy this position in the EUV projection group.

Roles and responsibilities

Your responsibility is to take ownership of a project deliverable and drive that towards completion. This includes documentation, specification, qualification & integration as well as issue handling. In order to fulfill this role, you need to align within in the team on technical aspects, scope, planning and progress. Also, you need to collaborate with different competences and sectors within ASML, like systems engineering and marketing. Using your technical knowledge, analytical thinking and people skills, you will work closely together with the project team and with interfacing projects and sectors.

The job consists of

You will be part of the Projection Optical Performance group and will work together with other (optical) teams in Projection to ensure that product requirements and customer (special) needs are met.

The job consists of:

Acquiring knowledge on the relationship between projection optics and the imaging performance of the entire system in support of the customer use case optimization.

Contribute, in a team, to the development of new optical solutions for the EUV projection modules.

Specify, design, support implementation, qualify and integrate those solutions.

Contribute to troubleshooting and solving issues with the new design and supporting customer specific requests. This involves analyzing data, connecting the results to physical phenomena such as lens heating, mirror vibrations, etc., and steer towards the proper solution directions.

Working in a multi-disciplinary project and collaborate with supplier, marketing, factory and customer support teams.

Education & Experience

MSc or PhD in engineering or physics with knowledge of optical systems.

Experience with working in teams in a multi-disciplinary environment is needed.

3+ years of work experience in an industrial environment is preferred.

Skills

Affinity with working a multidisciplinary environment related to complex systems.

Contributions to optical systems, their performance qualification (aberration analysis, Zernike decomposition), and applications of optical systems is preferred.

Ability to think on a functional level and in design details.

Ability to integrate and troubleshoot functions in complex systems.

Capable of dealing with escalations/pressure.

Excellent communicational skills.

Team player with ability to build network towards other parts of the ASML organization.

Self-propelling, showing initiative and drive, pragmatic attitude.

Experience with the ASML product development way of working is a plus.

Good practice of Matlab/Python programming is highly recommended. Ability to write scripts and to discuss solutions and issues with SW engineers and modelers.

Context of the position

Within ASML, the Sector Development and Engineering (D&E) is responsible for the planning, development, and delivery of integrated solutions that meet business requirements. This responsibility also includes the specification of trade-offs across sectors.

The department DE EUV Optical Column is responsible for delivery of the projection, illumination, dose control, and EUV light collection functions for the EUV machines. The department develops technical solutions, means and methods and competences to ensure these deliveries in all the different product phases.

This position is reporting into the EUV Optical Colum - Projection - Optical Performance Group.

Please submit a cover letter with your application!

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.

Diversity and inclusion

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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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