Optics and Scatterometry Senior Engineer Job in Veldhoven, Netherlands

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

Optics and Scatterometry Senior Engineer Job Description

Introduction
At ASML we use advanced mathematics and physics to keep fueling the semiconductor and electronic revolution. If your ambition is to apply your knowledge and skills to very complex challenges and you feel excited when those challenges lead to successful new products, please read further.

This position is open in the YieldStar Algorithms and Image Processing group, which is uniquely positioned between Research and product development and has the task to contribute to the creation of innovative concepts and products for ASML.

Job Mission
Within D&E, the group YieldStar Algorithms and Image Processing covers the development of physical, optical and mathematical models and methods required to infer the geometrical and physical parameters of the semiconductor process flow (such as overlay and scanner focus) from scatterometry-based metrology data. Relevant new metrics and algorithms, as well as new measurement functions, with optimal performance characteristics using the raw acquisitions are identified, designed and implemented. The group is also responsible for contributing to the invention of new ASML products providing state-of-the-art expertise in Scatterometry, Machine Learning, Image and Signal Processing.Business Line Information The Business Line Applications provides integrated solutions with computational, metrology and control technology. These solutions extend and improve the performance of lithography products for the semiconductor industry. The position is open in a group that is part of the Development & Engineering (D&E) Division, which is responsible for the development, specification and design of new ASML products.

Job Description

• Propose and develop scatterometry models, algorithms and calibrations which enable and improve semiconductor metrology solutions beyond the optical resolution limit
• Design and realize fully functional proof-of-concept subsystems on the edge of system specifications, costs and project planning, thereby contributing directly to products for customers world-wide
• Collaborate with the ASML Research department and on-product applications groups to actively contribute to the invention of new ASML products
• Contribute to the definition and execution of the Scatterometry Technical Competence roadmap
• Stay aware of the latest developments in your field of expertise
• Generate intellectual property protecting ASML products
• Communicate clearly the mathematical principles, algorithm solutions and physical models to the stakeholders

Optics and Scatterometry Senior Engineer Job Requirements

Education
Required: Ph.D. or equivalent level of education in Physics, or Applied Physics, or Electrical Engineering

Experience

• Ideal candidate would have a solid experience in theoretical and numerical methods of diffractive micro/nanophotonics (light-matter interaction), and wave-based imaging principles in optical microscopes or other imaging systems
• Postdoctoral and/or industrial experience in relevant fields would be an advantage
• Knowledge and experience in one or several following areas would be an advantage: electromagnetic simulations using RCWA, FDTD, FEM or other Maxwell solvers; physical modeling using Fourier and statistical optics, Jones and Mueller matrix calculus; design and implementation of algorithms for parameter estimation and inference; signal or image processing using machine/deep learning and neural networks; high performance computing
• Solid experience in Matlab coding is required. The candidate will be expected to develop new code, as well as to use and maintain parts of the existing code base

• Ability to explain complex physical models and algorithms in a crisp way, without omitting the essentials
• Drive creative solutions with the product and customer in mind
• Decisive and self-initiating in an ambiguous environment
• Ability to influence without power
• Team player
• Pragmatic approach and pro-active attitude, with result focus and a ‘can do’ spirit

Optics and Scatterometry Senior Engineer Summary