Senior Optical Engineer

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 illumination group we’re at the core of this quest with the responsibility to illuminate the reticle image such that the best projection onto the wafer can be achieved. As such the illumination group has a high level of interaction with key stakeholders such as Zeiss (producer of the optical hardware), marketing, system engineering and customer service as well as regular interaction with customers. We are a young, dynamic, international and highly skilled workforce. With strong support of our suppliers we create 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 illumination group.

The job consists of

• You take the technical lead in development of technically complex solutions in the EUV Illumination system. You lead the functional design, delivering solutions with full technical ownership. You take industrialization into account, and with the team you ensure that the solution works for the customer.
• You guide and impact the work of your peers, typically 3-5 engineers. You take the lead in interfaces with suppliers, customers, other projects and other engineering disciplines in a less-defined environment.
• You acquire knowledge on the relationship between illumination optics and the imaging performance of the entire system in support of the customer use case optimization.
• You contribute to troubleshooting and solving issues with the installed base systems in the field. This involves analyzing data, connecting the results to physical phenomena, and steer towards the proper solution directions.
• You specify, design, support implementation, qualify and integrate those solutions.
• You like working in a multi-disciplinary project and collaborate easily with supplier, marketing, factory and customer support teams.

Education & Experience

• BSc, MSc or PhD in mechatronics, engineering or physics with knowledge of optical systems
• Experience with working in teams in a multi-disciplinary environment is required.
• 5 to 8 years of work experience in a development and engineering environment.

Skills

• Affinity with working a multidisciplinary environment related to complex systems.
• Contributions to optical systems, their performance qualification, and applications of optical systems.
• Affinity with mathematical optimization techniques and modeling is a plus.
• Ability to think on a functional level and in design details.
• Ability to integrate and troubleshoot functions in complex systems.
• 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.
• Good practice of MATLAB and Python programming.

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 Column - Illumination Group.

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.