Job Mission
Accurate measurement is the name of the game
If your application is successful, you will start out in our Metrology Department. Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units that are used across the full range of human endeavor. At ASML, it is based to a large degree around the use of cutting-edge software tools. As our lithography machines get faster and faster, and the patterns on chips get smaller and smaller, we must keep correcting even for the most infinitesimal physical imperfections in our machines.
Our software:
- Measures any such imperfections
- Calculates how the hardware must behave to compensate for them
- Sees to it that that hardware does its job.
That’s why some people see metrology as the brains behind our lithography systems.
And these brains are powerful: one component in our machines, known as a wafer stage, accelerates faster than a fighter jet so that a silicon wafer can be placed, with nanometer-level accuracy, in less than a second.
We also use metrology systems to measure and compensate for sub-nanometer inaccuracies that inevitably creep in because of material imperfections, temperature fluctuations, or even changes in atmospheric pressure. Achieving such impressive results requires the most world’s most advanced metrology systems.
Job Description
Starting out: learning, and contributing, from day one
In the first few months, you’ll take part in an intensive training program, in which, among other things, you will:
- Learn about the software-development process at ASML, from initial requirements to final delivery
- Learn about metrology in general, and software metrology in particular
- Get training in Agile software-development methods
- Develop soft skills such as in making effective presentations, enhancing your cultural awareness, and boosting your effectiveness
- Combine classroom lectures with hands-on experience working on cases where you can experiment in a supportive environment
- Gain further practical experience by working on a project under the guidance of senior colleagues
Pressing on: a varied and challenging role on the cutting edge
Once you have completed this training, you will be ready to join one of the Metrology groups. Among other things, you will be:
- Working closely with functional metrology engineers, analyzing modelling processes so as to predict how hardware should behave in order to make our lithography machines even faster and even more accurate
- Translating these models into well-organized, optimized, and fully documented source code in C++ and Python
- Fitting the models into the machine’s software architecture by collecting and providing data from sensors and actuators on time, thus helping to meet performance requirements and toguarantee that software can be maintained in the future
- Creating and documenting software tools requested by architects or other developers
- Debugging existing source code and polishing feature sets (knowledge of C required)
