EUV Lithography Systems
I own four production modules end-to-end on ASML's EUV lithography systems — the machines that make the world's most advanced chips physically possible.
August 2024 - Present
Who is ASML?
ASML (ASML Holding N.V.) is a Dutch company and a key player in the semiconductor industry, specializing in the development and manufacturing of photolithography equipment.
ASML are the sole producers for EUV lithography systems . Companies such as Intel, TSMC or Samsung use ASML systems to print integrated circuits on silicon wafers.
Chips made from these wafers are then used to power all your devices, from the latest iPhones, and computers, to your car, fridge and many other devices.
What is EUV?
EUV is extreme ultraviolet light — a 13.5nm wavelength, 14 times shorter than previous lithography light. The shorter the wavelength, the smaller the features you can print on a chip.
But light this short is absorbed by almost everything, including air. So ASML manufactures it: droplets of molten tin are fired through a vacuum and hit twice by one of the world's most powerful lasers — flattened, then vaporized into a plasma hotter than the sun's surface. This happens 50,000 times a second, and the resulting light is steered onto the wafer by mirrors, the flattest surfaces humanity can make.
The result is a bus-sized machine working at the edge of physics. That's the system I work on.
My Role: Electrical Layout
As part of the Electrical Layout department, I own four production modules across their full lifecycle — translating engineering requirements into manufacturable electrical layouts, maintaining their documentation, and supporting them all the way to the factory floor where the systems are built.
Module Ownership
I own four Electrical Layout modules end-to-end — monitoring production performance, preparing them for factory transfer, and acting as the go-to engineer whenever anything about them needs answering.
Cross-Functional Coordination
I'm the central point of contact between Electrical Layout, Design, Factory, Logistics, and Clusters — resolving blockers, aligning priorities, running reviews, and keeping production moving.
Cost & Process Improvement
I drive cost-reduction projects across my modules, targeting both direct Cost-of-Goods savings (BOM, components) and indirect savings through simpler ways of working — cutting labour hours, cycle time, and rework.
Factory Floor Support
I'm the first responder when operators hit issues on the line — diagnosing root causes, unblocking production, and feeding recurring problems back into design and process fixes.