Electrical Engineering Internship: investigate vendor independent SoftCPU

Electrical Engineering Internship: Investigate Vendor Independent SoftCPU

Introduction

Within our Electronic Development Platforms department, we develop and create world-class electronic common platform solutions used across ASML's business lines, ensuring commonality and streamlining development. To achieve this, we collaborate closely with our colleagues from DUV Electronics, EUV Electronics, Application Electronics and our external development partners, customers and global suppliers.

Your Assignment

For this internship, you are asked to investigate Vendor independent soft CPU to replace NIOS / Microblaze with HDL alternative such that designs can easily be ported to different vendors to increase flexibility in device selection and porting. With focus on RISC-V solutions.

This is a bachelor graduation project (thesis) or master apprentice internship with a duration of 6 months, for 4-5 days a week, starting as soon as possible. Latest starting date is in September 2025.

Your Profile

To be a perfect match for this internship, you:

• Have background in electrical, electronical engineering, software engineering or a related field.
• Have knowledge of solid digital design basics and have some communication protocol knowledge.
• Are experienced with the programming languages: VHDL and/or (System)Verilog.
• Are a critical thinker.
• Are able to work independently and to communicate in an effective way.

Other requirements you need to meet

• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship;
• 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).
• You need to be located in the Netherlands to perform your internship. In case you’re currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter includes the willingness to relocate.

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.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.