Business Engineering | Project Management Internship: role & competency mapping

Introduction

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) department plays a central role in guiding ASML products through their full lifecycle. The team works with Development and Engineering, Supply Chain Management, and the Business Lines to ensure every product moves smoothly from design to high‑volume manufacturing. This internship supports an important challenge: creating more clarity about the skills and project environments needed for Project Coordinators. By contributing to this framework, you help PLM make better matching decisions that support both personal growth and operational excellence.

Your assignment

In this internship, you will develop a framework that matches Project Coordinators to projects based on required competencies, project characteristics, and stakeholder dynamics. You will explore how projects differ in complexity, communication style, and role expectations. You will also work closely with team leads to understand how they make allocation decisions today. Your work will enable more consistent, transparent, and growth‑oriented matching.
Your main responsibilities will be:

• Analyze different types of PLM projects and describe what skills they require.

• Identify key criteria that influence project complexity, such as stakeholder landscape and communication needs.

• Develop a classification model that groups projects based on required competencies.

• Translate your findings into a clear and practical framework for team leads.

• Test the framework using current projects within the PLM department.

• Provide recommendations to improve future allocation decisions.

• Present your findings in a structured report and share them with stakeholders.

This is a bachelor or master internship for a minimum of 4 months, with a minimum investment of 3 days per week, out of which 3 days are on‑site. The start date of this internship is as soon as possible.

Your profile

To be suitable for the internship, you:

• Are enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, business engineering, project management, or a related field.

• Are structured, proactive and a self starter

• Have strong communication skills in English, and you enjoy working with different stakeholders.

• Are interested in working in a high‑tech environment with complex processes.

• Are motivated to work on topics such as competency modeling, role definition, and organizational dynamics, and you enjoy translating these insights into practical tools.

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship;

• Attach your cover letter with a clear motivation why you are interested in this internship assignment in particular;

• You need to be located in the Netherlands to be perform your internship. In case you are currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter includes the willingness to relocate.

• If you are a non-EU citizen, studying in the Netherlands, your university is willing to sign the documents relevant for doing an internship (i.e., Nuffic agreement).

Inclusion and diversity

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 inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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