C/C++ Software engineers

Introduction to the job
At ASML, we manufacture the complex lithography machines used by chipmakers to produce microchips, leading the way to better and cheaper CPUs, GPUs and memory. Did you know that the latest smartphones like the iPhone 15, fastest laptops and smartest cars are all available thanks to our technology? To keep pace with market demands, our lithography machines are getting faster, and chip patterns are getting smaller.
 

Which department to join?

Within ASML, the Development and Engineering (D&E) sector is responsible for the specification, design, integration, qualification, and sustaining of all ASML products. Our engineers have a range of backgrounds including physics, electronics, me​​chatronics, software, mechanics, data analytics and more.

To keep getting the most protentional out of our lithography machines via Software, we are looking for experienced C/C++ Design Engineers to join one of our following departments:

• Embedded Software Common & DUV department (C/C++) delivers integrated embedded software engineering solutions that support the overall business success of ASML. They ensure high quality, cost-effective, and timely software solutions.
• Embedded EUV department (C/C++) drives the embedded source and scanner software development for EUV in line with business demands and requested timeline that meet our customer's needs. They develop and industrialize EUV specific embedded software, which is directly controlling the hardware within the functional clusters for both Low and High NA.
• Metrology Software department (C++), designs and implements real-time computational models in C++, translates and then fits the designed models into the scanner’s wider software architecture. They work on a range of physics-based challenges that our lithography machines face, collaborating with our functional metrology engineers. This department creates models of machine processes, which predict how our hardware should behave to ensure our machines run with speed and accuracy (increase efficiency/ production lithography machines).
• Machine control (C++), controls and coordinates the actions and sequences of all system functions (data transformation). They help improve availability, yield, throughput, cycle time and reduce time to market.
• Software Infrastructure & Computer Systems (C/C++), provides the software platform which enables the computer systems in the scanner and source to be installed, boot an operating system and start the layer of software known as ‘generic facilities'. These include machine configuration, diagnostics and data-handling.

What will you do?

As a Software Engineer at ASML you will be part of a multi-disciplined and friendly team, always available to provide guidance or a second opinion. Whatever you need, your colleagues are there to support you, whether helping directly with a problem or giving you the space to experiment to find a new solution.

The work at ASML is challenging – you will often have strict deadlines, dozens of stakeholders, millions of lines of C and C++ code and hundreds of undocumented use cases and behaviors – but it is also exciting. You have to solve problems no other company has to solve and it’s up to you to help push these unique machines right to the edge of their physical limits.

As a Software Design engineer at ASML you will:

• Design, code, analyze, test, implement, document and maintain software systems.
• Do requirement engineering, to ensure that the software meets all requirements for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Utilize C and/or C++, Python, object-oriented design programming, and Linux within a highly complex embedded environment.
• Drive the development of great applications that enable precise calibrations and ensure smooth machine operations, particularly in stages such as lenses and wafer stages.
• Write clean and highly functional code, create clear specifications, and make efficient design choices.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team comprising experts from physics, mechatronics, electronics, customer support, and factory departments.

Education and experience

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Embedded Systems, Physics, Mathematics or a related field.

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 several the following skills: