# Physics | Optical Engineering internship: next-generation focus sensor

Introduction At ASML’s YieldStar XYZ Wafer Align group in Veldhoven, you will join a team that develops advanced metrology solutions for semiconductor manufacturing. This internship focuses on improving the understanding of a next-generation focus sensor that supports highly accurate wafer measurements. Your work will help characterize how optical and wafer-related parameters influence sensor performance. By combining physical insight with modeling and simulation, you will contribute to technology that supports future semiconductor innovations. This internship offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced specialists in a collaborative and research-driven environment. Your assignment During this Physics | Optical Engineering internship, you will investigate the operating principles and behavior of a next-generation focus sensor. You will develop analytical and numerical models, compare simulation results with experimental observations, and help build a deeper understanding of the factors that influence sensor performance. You will work with technical experts from different disciplines while contributing to research that supports future metrology developments. Your main re

- **Id**: 3897398
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/asml-physics-optical-engineering-internship-next-generation-focus-sensor>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Veldhoven, Netherlands
- **Countries**: NL
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T23:32:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T20:30:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 17151
- **Name**: ASML
- **Domain**: asml.com
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- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 139
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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Ray** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T23:32:57Z

## Visa

- Country: NL; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 32; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 32 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

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- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
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- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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