ABOUT THIS POSITION

For well over two decades, we have been supporting the world-leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment around the world with our knowledge of material and optics’ lifetime, aiming at understanding the effects of extreme environments on materials and their subsequent interactions with the further system at the nanoscale.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE?

Experimental work is performed in our Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory, which houses a wide range of state of the art facilities: in-house built ultraclean vacuum equipment, EUV exposure facilities – such as the EUV Beamline facility (EBL2), XPS surface analysis systems, plasma exposure setups, equipment for nanoparticle detection and much more. One of our main goals is to support our partners worldwide and enable the continuing development of EUV lithography for high-volume manufacturing.
The setup EBL2 is the defining setup of TNO with respect to EUV material-interaction research. Designed, built and funded by TNO it gives unique-in-the-world opportunities for EUV lithography research. The EBL2 is our department’s largest facility (and one of the largest in TNO) and plays a dominant role in up to 40% of the projects we run in the department.

To be succesful in this role, you:

• Have a higher vocational training, e.g. a Bachelor’s degree (Dutch: HBO) and at least 3 years of further background in experimental research in a R&D or academic setting, specifically in any or all of the following areas: vacuum, high-energy aspects, nanotechnology, optics, material characterization.
• Are communicative, check in regularly with colleagues, able to work as part of a team/project.
• Are organized and quality oriented, and able to work independently in this manner.
• Speak good English (additional Dutch is a nice to have).
• Enjoy having practical/technical work, this is not a desk job!
• Are able to deal effectively with problems, issues and a fast pace changing environment