Internship - Plasma modeling for EUV Source Research

Introduction to the role

ASML US, LP brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world's leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. As the world's leading semiconductor lithography machine (the machine that makes computer chips) manufacturer, ASML enables chip manufacturers to make cheaper, faster chips, thereby enabling all the technology you use today. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ, San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA. We are currently recruiting for internships located at our office in San Diego, CA (EUV laser source creation).

• The summer 2025 project will focus on research topics around simulations of EUV-generating laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) by enhancing existing models, executing such for various input conditions, and post processing the output data.
  
• The intern is expected to drive infrastructure set-up for radiation hydrodynamics and atomic emission codes, develop a workflow for running simulations and post-processing simulation outputs, and connect these codes to existing models.
  
• The intern will work in a team environment alongside experienced engineers and scientists, while having ownership over their project.
  
• Specific tasks will be tailored to match the education and experience level of the intern as well as the intern's learning objectives for the summer.
  
• A goal of the internship is for you to learn about working in a corporate setting and to provide hands on experience solving real world problems in a team environment.
  
• Interns will typically be required to document and present their findings as well as making an end of summer presentation to the group about what they achieved during their internship.
  

• Actively studying towards a degree in Physics, Optics, Engineering, or computer science.
  
• Matlab and/or Python experience, modelling skills, C++ experience is a plus.
  
• Linux and HPC experience is a plus.
  
• Background in light-matter interaction or plasma physics strongly preferred.
  

• Possess strong ownership characteristics and commitment to achieving results on time
  
• Have strong written and oral communicative skills
  
• Be a demonstrated "team player" with a quality orientation and interpersonal skills
  
• Have strong problem solving skills and the ability to take initiative with little guidance
  
• Be willing to accept feedback from a variety of stakeholders
  

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
  
• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus including working while fully gowned in a clean room environment.
  
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  
• The employee may be required to travel based on business needs.
  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  
• The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.
  
• Extended periods of time in a clean room environment should be expected. Requires gowning in Class 10K gowning protocol.
  
• May need to work in labs with equipment that emit high-pitched noise.
  
• May spend extended periods of time at a computer workstation.