Field: Mechanical Engineering
Contact: internships@asml.com
Telephone: +31 (0) 402686773

Background Department

ASML makes high tech lithography machines for semiconductor industry. There is a continuous need for faster and more accurate machines, which results in a usage of more and more advanced materials. Stages and frames are more and more made of ceramics and zero expansion glasses. One of the biggest challenges is to connect parts together with high strength and stability. Gluing is one of the most frequently used bonding techniques. One of the main challenges is to accurately predict strength of a glued connection. Difficulty is that its failure criterion is not always known and can depend on the exact design, connected materials and application.

Internship Assignment

Graduation assignment for at least 6 months, 5 days a week. You will develop a failure criterion to predict the strength of glued connections used by ASML. In order to develop the criterion, you will analyze and experiment with the several glue connections, the exact design and the connected materials. Your task will be to develop a mechanical reasoning for this failure criterion, which is suitable for practical application in the daily design and analyses activities of ASML.

Required of you

University students Mechanical Engineering. Experience with: Finite Element Analysis, preferable ANSYS Mechanics of ceramic materials mechanics of glued connections. Result oriented/down to earth. Good communication skills. Good knowledge of English, verbal and written.

What ASML offers

Internship allowance of max 500 euro, guidance, the chance to work in and experience a dynamic innovative environment.

Join ASML

ASML is leading in the worldwide development, production and sales of high end lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Worldwide almost 8000 people work at ASML, with important settlings in the United States, Asia and the head office in Veldhoven. The employees of ASML share the passion for technology with a customer focus. At ASML one works ongoing for the further development and implementation of complex and high-quality technological systems. Working at ASML is therefore challenging and extremely dynamic. To remain successful the company has ambitious objectives and high standard requirements. Naturally the successes will be shared and ASML invests in the development of the employees: ASML promises mutual commitment.