Electrical Engineering Internship: frequency converter data

Electrical Engineering Internship: Frequency Converter Data

Introduction

Are you a Bachelor or Master student in Electrical Engineering? Do you have an interest in frequency converters for power applications and do you like hands on in a lab to conduct experiments and measure data? Would you like to improve our diagnostics and even predict upcoming failures? Then this internship might be interesting for you.

Background Information

You will be working in D&E sector within the department of EL DUV Electronics Development (EDEV) in the group Imaging & Machine Conditioning. Our team of EDEV Machine Conditioning provides electronic solutions together with the development groups from the Machine Conditioning (MC) DUV scanner department. Machine Conditioning is responsible for thermal and fluid machine conditioning solutions. It enables thermal stability in critical modules of our scanner to secure nanometer accuracy and performance.

Your assignment

Conditioning solutions often involve the use of motorized fan connected to a frequency converter (FC) for speed control. Such a design needs to be reliable, as recovery from thermal drift can take long. If the design does happen to fail, we need proper diagnostics that exactly pinpoints the failing part, such it can be swapped, and recovery starts quickly. But what if we could predict failure upfront? Then our customer can avoid unscheduled downs, plan ahead for maintenance and combine it with other periodic maintenance.

As an intern your assignment will be:

• An investigation on possibilities to use frequency converter signals to predict upcoming fan failure

For this assignment you will:

• Investigate the problem statement and context and define its scope
• Make an inventory of diagnostic possibilities with frequency converters as to distinct different internal or external failures
• Create a comparison overview of existing preventive maintenance methods
• Define and build a test setup for experiments and gathering data by doing measurements
• Analyze your own measured data and possibly other available data in search for detection and prediction of failures. If possible, you create a proof of concept setup to frequency converter power signals.
• Write a report with the results found, conclusions and proposed way forward.

This internship has a minimum duration of 5/6 months starting in September 2025.

Your profile

To be the perfect match for this internship, you:

• Are a bachelor or master student in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar fields
• Are bachelor or master student looking for a graduation project
• Have knowledge about setting up experiments, conducting electrical measurements and know how to analyze the data
• Are motivated and eager to learn and look for ways to obtain information and data to perform the analysis: reach out to experts, read specifications, analyze datasheets, etc.
• Are proactive and a team-player
• Have good communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are available for 4-5 days/week for a duration of 6-9 months
• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship;
• You need to be located in the Netherlands to be able to perform your internship. In case you’re currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter includes the willingness to relocate.
• If you are a non-EU citizen, studying in the Netherlands, your university is willing to sign the documents relevant for doing an internship (i.e., Nuffic agreement).

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.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

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