Senior Researcher ( coming from customer side)

Introduction to the job

Are you interested in working at the cutting edge of technology and shaping the future of ASML?  Do you have the technical capabilities to provide innovative solutions? Does contributing to the world’s most advanced lithography machines make you feel responsible and proud? Then, this position might be the right opportunity for you.

Role and Responsibilities

With a strong position in metrology and patterning for the semiconductor market, ASML Research department invents and develops new concepts and applications for future markets in semiconductor manufacturing.

The mission of the Resist and Process Modelling Researcher role is to conduct research that applies to ASML's computational metrology and patterning products, focusing on future applications in the semiconductor industry. This includes the development of resist and process models, designing wafer processing experiments, conducting literature studies, and creating innovative concepts and solutions.

Your responsibilities and daily activities will be:

• Identifying gaps in lithography solutions and technology roadmaps

• Developing computational models for processing steps, such as resist exposure, etch and deposition

• Collaborating with and mentoring specialists in the research teams and in other Departments of ASML, and with process engineers at research fabs.

• Preparing test plans to generate experimental data for model calibration, and subsequent data analysis

• Generating new ideas and solutions for ASML’s current and future  metrology and patterning products

• Interacting with and influencing senior stakeholders

Education and experience

You hold a technical university PhD in physics, chemistry, material science, applied mathematics or electrical engineering with experience in computational modeling / numerical simulations.

You bring several years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having shaped new technology competences, created inventions, and transferred research results to development operation. You are able to formulate a business vision and steer research activities in interactions with senior stakeholders.

· You have thorough understanding of semiconductor unit processes and their integration, also in terms of constraints and opportunities.
· You are experienced in cleanroom fabrication techniques or semiconductor manufacturing processing steps

· You possess a good experience in computational model development and calibration

· You have a proven background in extracting simplified, yet reasonably accurate model representations from complex physical and/or chemical processes/reactions

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There’s always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following Skills:

• Ability to cooperate within a highly skilled team of experts towards a common goal

• Self-supporting skills and enthusiasm

• Inquisitive personality with an analytical view

• Commitment and motivation to achieve project outcomes

• Ability to see and develop the bigger picture

• Ability to communicate effectively in English across disciplines and at all organizational levels.

Other information

Within ASML, the sector Research is responsible for creating ideas and solutions that contribute to the ASML roadmaps. 

The group “Resist and Process Technology” is responsible for innovations and knowledge generation in the area of computational lithography. The group takes a holistic view to semiconductor patterning, where optimizing all processing steps together can yield more than optimizing each processing step independently. We work in small teams and deliver proof of concept solutions that can be transferred to Development & Engineering. We intensively collaborate  with external research institutes and universities.

This position may require access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology before beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Keywords: computational lithography, modelling and simulation, stochastics, data analysis, metrology, semiconductor unit processes and integration

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.

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that Diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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Work Experience: 10-15 years,16+ years

Travel: 10%

Education Level: PhD

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Team: Research and Technology Development

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