Research Project Lead 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.

Research Project Lead Job Description

Introduction
Are you challenged by demanding projects in a multidisciplinary context? Do you have the technical leadership capabilities to provide innovative solutions? Does contributing to the world’s most advanced lithography machines makes you feel responsible and proud? Then this might be the right opportunity for you.

Job Mission
ASML Research is looking for Project Leaders who will be responsible for a variety of Research projects. Typically, research projects are in close cooperation with Development and Engineering, supplier(s), universities and research institutes. The projects focus on the feasibility of a product or module and on increasing the (fundamental) knowledge of physical mechanisms critical for a product or module.

Job Description
You steer the multi-disciplinary project team towards the feasibility and deliverables which are aligned with internal customers and stakeholders. The typical team you lead consists of architects, experimentalist, analysts and designers from both internal and external parties. Together with the team you identify and monitor the major feasibility risks and determine and execute the strategy to mitigated these.

Research Project Lead Job Requirements

Education
MSc. or PhD degree in Physics, Chemistry, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Electronics

Experience
-Proven track record on technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary high-tech environment.
-Experience with developing modules/products from first idea to a working product at customers. Experience in low TRL level feasibility projects is preferred.Personal skills-Affinity and mindset towards module / product development, although the projects focus on the feasibility phase and or understanding. Determine solution directions of major issues in lithographic or metrology tools.
-Able to maintain overview and create an organized structure in a complex landscape.
-Excellent stakeholder management, building relationships with our internal customers and suppliers.
-Team-player that can use different leadership styles.
-Self-assured, capable of convincing people, also at higher management levels.
-Good analytical skills to cope with complex products, machine modules or issues.

Context of the position
This positions are part of the Research department of ASML. Its task is to identify and fill the technological gaps in the future roadmap of the lithography and metrology market. We work in small teams and deliver a proof of concept that can be transferred to Development and Engineering. We intensively work together with external research institutes and universities.
ASML Research offers an informal work atmosphere, opportunities to develop your soft and hard project management skills and a good position to move to other ASML departments in the long run.

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Keywords: Research, Project Leader; Product/Module development; Multi-disciplinary environment; Technical Leadership;

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