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Here are the different aspects of our stack:\nMachine Control: business logic, UI and semiconductor-foundry communication logic of our machines, giving commands to device control.\nDevice Control: governing the motion and measurement aspects of our machine in close collaboration with mechatronics engineers in cross disciplinary teams.\nData Science: Converting signals into images into KPI’s for our customers.\nIntegration: Making sure individually tested components work together and with our machine.\nFurther, there are cross-cutting concerns of customer integrations, cybersecurity, computation, requirement gathering and AI where architects play a crucial role.\nWhat will you be doing?\nYou will take a responsible for the architecture, design, and lifecycle management of one of the aspects above, while taking the lead in one of the cross-cutting concerns. 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