Computer Engineering Internship: Real-Time Motion Control Platform Characterization

Introduction

Are you a bachelor or master student with an educational background in electrical engineering or mechatronics? Are you interested in performing root cause analysis and investigating solutions that would improve the cable connectivity diagnostics of ASML's DUV machines? Then this internship might be for you!

Background Information

ASML develops a custom motion control platform to shorten the development time for control functions. It provides users with an abstracted model (toolbox) to define their application and hardware interfaces. These abstract definitions are then translated into a complex deployment of software components on real-time hardware, optimized for latency (I/O delay). The platform is suitable for conventional servo control as well as more generic applications. Therefore, it has found widespread use across all ASML product families.

The Motion Control department is responsible for the development and maintenance of the platform. An important challenge is managing complexity, with a growing number of internal clients and increasing performance requirements.

Your Assignment

The real-time software of the platform is currently deployed on a PowerPC CPU architecture. Many different architectures are available that may prove to be a better fit for some applications.

In this internship, you will:

• Characterize the real-time performance of the motion software on these other architectures. Important performance criteria are hard-realtime servo latency and cost-efficiency.
• Evaluate the single-core performance as well as the scalability by spreading the workload over multiple cores. For the latter, the effectiveness of core-to-core communication and cache usage will need to be investigated and optimized.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team of hardware, software, and application engineers to identify the main bottlenecks and tradeoffs that arise.

Your Profile

To be a perfect match for this internship, you:

• Have a background in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Are a bachelor student looking for a graduation project (thesis), or a master student looking to gain work experience (apprentice internship).
• Have C/C++ programming experience.
• Have knowledge of computer architecture. Having knowledge of Linux is preferred.

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are enrolled at a school for the entire duration of the internship.
• You are available for 6-12 months.
• You need to be located in the Netherlands to perform your internship. In case you’re currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, please include in your CV/motivation letter your willingness to relocate.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Diversity and Inclusion

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