Data Science internship: global manufacturing quality analytics

Start Your Internship with ASML’s Manufacturing Organization

ASML’s Manufacturing Organization is responsible for the manufacturing and installation of advanced lithography systems and supports their ongoing maintenance and upgrades. Together with more than 9,000 colleagues worldwide, we continuously improve quality and cost efficiency by driving operational excellence. In this dynamic and international environment, we are looking for an intern to support the Global Manufacturing Operational Excellence Team in addressing quality improvement challenges. Your contribution will help strengthen coordination between factories and corporate departments while enhancing quality performance tracking.

Your assignment

You will join the Global Manufacturing Operational Excellence Team, which focuses on coordinating, improving, and challenging the way ASML factories operate. This team works closely with Competence Centers, where global and factory representatives collaborate to achieve process improvements across ASML. Your main focus will be to work alongside a senior expert to improve quality performance and tackle underlying challenges, while strengthening knowledge sharing between factories. Key deliverables include:

• Creating dashboards and visualizations.
• Developing new data-driven insights into factory performance.
• Advising on communication strategies and setting up information sharing.
• Supporting communication between local teams and global stakeholders in the Competence Center Quality.
• Contributing to process improvements for new machine introductions based on data-driven quality insights.

This is an internship (non-thesis) 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

• You are a bachelor or master student in IT, Computer Science, Data Science or a related field.
• You have experience with Excel automation (macros) and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI).
• You communicate effectively in English at a professional level.
• You are proactive, independent, and detail-oriented.
• You are enthusiastic about working in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Other requirements you need to meet

• 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. If you are currently living or studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter should include your willingness to relocate.
• If you are a non-EU citizen studying in the Netherlands, your university must be 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.

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. 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.