Human Resource Management internship: creating a competency-based framework

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Introduction

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) department ensures smooth product transitions from development to high-volume manufacturing. We operate at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, and business, making sure new technologies are introduced efficiently and cost-effectively. Our work is essential to maintaining ASML’s leadership in the semiconductor industry, where product complexity and time-to-market pressures continue to rise. By optimizing processes and resource allocation, PLM enables innovation at scale.

Your Assignment

You will take ownership of a strategic initiative aimed at improving how PLM Project Coordinators (PCs) are allocated to NPI and IB&S projects. The goal is to develop a competency-based framework that classifies projects and matches them with coordinators based on skills, experience, and stakeholder complexity. This assignment offers hands-on experience in organizational design, competency modeling, and strategic workforce planning within a high-tech environment.

Key deliverables include:

• Develop a classification model for PLM projects based on required competencies.
• Identify key matching criteria such as:
  • Number of stakeholders
  • Size and scope of the PC role
  • Maturity of suppliers and other stakeholders
  • Communication dynamics (directive vs. self-driven environments)
  • PGP maturity
• Apply the framework to existing PLM EXE projects and group them accordingly.
• Provide recommendations for improving future allocation decisions.

This is a (thesis) internship between 4 to 6 months. It requires an investment of 32-40 hours per week, out of which 3 days per week are onsite in Veldhoven. It is set to start in February 2026.

Your Profile

To be a perfect match you:

• Are a Bachelor or Master student in Human Resource Management or a related field.
• Are analytical, structured, and proactive.
• Have strong communication skills (English on a professional level)
• Have interest in technical environments / ASML’s products
• Are curious about organizational dynamics and stakeholder management.

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship;
• Attach your cover letter with a clear motivation why you are interested in this internship assignment in particular;
• You need to be located in the Netherlands to perform your internship. In case you are 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).

About ASML

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. 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.