Are you a chemist or chemical engineer who is excited by technology? Do you want to work for a company that’s a world champion in its field? Are you looking for a dynamic and international work environment with opportunities to grow and travel? Then you should be looking at ASML.

Chemistry at ASML certainly isn’t an ‘ivory tower’ discipline. The complexity of our systems and the job they do places huge demands on the materials we use. So you’ll be working with some state of the art polymers, ceramics, composites or alloys, which may have to be shaped, coated, anodized, glued, sintered or otherwise “treated”. And then we will put them together in our system and expose them to a pretty harsh environment. Your challenge is to understand these materials, and how they interact with each other, our systems and other fab equipment under real manufacturing conditions – from comfortable cleanrooms to the high vacuum of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system.

You’ll be working with a network of expert contacts to push the boundaries of technology. You could be analyzing TXRF, Raman FTIR or SEM/EDX results to understand the surface condition of a part and see what happens upon prolonged exposure to ultra-pure water. Or, if you’re into photochemistry, you could be working with resist suppliers, helping them to develop new photo-reactive materials fit for use in tommorow’s lithography systems.

Maybe you’re looking for the challenges of Contamination and Defectivity Control. While ASML keeps stretching the limits of lithography and facilitates printing ever smaller features, particles and defects smaller then 30 nanometer are becoming a potential threat to our customers’ products. You could be identifying the molecular structure of extremely small particles and pin down their source, or prevent the formation of tiny droplets or bubbles interacting with the coating on a wafer. Find a way to keep particles from being generated or transported or develop new methods for cleaning immersion systems with minimal downtime and without damaging the delicate optics or other system components.

Alternatively, you could put your general chemistry skills and knowledge to the test as a member or leader of one of our multidisciplinary teams. Here, you’ll be helping design complete high-tech systems. This could involve modeling thermo-chemical processes, and will certainly require the ability to work with experts – within ASML and outside, in your own field and others.