The Installed Base Extension (IBE) department in Veldhoven helps extend the lifetime and value of ASML systems through refurbishment, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives. A key focus within the department is driving cost optimization and quality improvement, ensuring sustainable business performance while delivering value to customers and stakeholders. As part of a newly set up and growing team, you will contribute to strategic programs that improve operational efficiency, quality, and cost performance across the organization.
This internship offers the opportunity to work on high-impact business challenges together with stakeholders from operational, technical, finance, and supply chain teams. You will help transform data into actionable insights and support decisions that create measurable businessimpact If you enjoy taking ownership and bringing structure to complex challenges, this internship could be the right fit for you.
During this internship, you will support strategic improvement programs that focus on operational excellence, cost reduction, and quality enhancement. You will work closely with program managers and contribute to projects with visibility across multiple functions. This internship combines data analysis, stakeholder management, and process improvement in an international high-tech environment.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Analyze business data and translate findings into actionable insights
Create performance reports, dashboards, and management presentations
Monitor program progress, milestones, risks, and improvement opportunities
Support cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives
Maintain project plans and help create transparency across workstreams
Facilitate communication between stakeholders from different departments
Identifyand recommend process improvements that enhance business performance
This is a bachelor’s or master’s internshipfor a minimum of 6 months, requiring a minimum of 3 days per week(3 days on-site during the first month, thereafter hybrid working in consultation).The start date of this internship is January/February 2027 (January preferred).
Your Profile
To be suitable for this internship, you:
Are pursuing a bachelor’s ormaster’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Technology Management, Economics, or a related field
Have strong analytical skills and enjoy working with data to support decision-making
Are proactive and comfortable taking ownership in an evolving environment
Demonstrate strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Communicate effectively with stakeholders from different disciplines and backgrounds
Have experience with theMicrosoft Office package (PowerPoint & Excel) ; experience with business intelligence tools such asPower BI is a plus
In this internship, you will gain exposure to strategic business programs while working with experienced professionals. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in program management, business analysis, and continuous improvement. This internship is designed for students who want to make a visible contribution and learn how cost and quality improvement programs are managed in a global technology company. Through this internship, you will build a professional network and gain practical experience that supports your future career.
Other requirements you need to meet:
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 inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.
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Who are we?
ASML is an innovation leader in the global semiconductor industry. We make machines that chipmakers use to mass produce microchips. Founded in 1984 in the Netherlands with just a handful of employees, we’ve now grown to over 40,000 employees, 143 nationalities and more than 60 locations around the world.
What do we do?
We provide chipmakers with hardware, software and services to mass produce patterns on silicon through lithography. Our lithography systems use ultraviolet light to create billions of tiny structures on silicon that together make up a microchip. We push our technology to new limits to enable our customers to create smaller, faster and more powerful chips.
Who are our people?
While you may think that only engineers and mathematicians work at ASML, you'll be surprised to find out that our people come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Across ASML, we have dedicated teams that manage customer support, communications and media, IT, software development and more. Every team in the company is essential for pushing our technology and the industry forward.
If you love to tackle challenges and innovate in a collaborative, supportive and inclusive environment with all the flexibility and freedom to unleash your full potential, ASML is the place to be.
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