You will join the Generic Design Blocks team within the Motion Control cluster at ASML in Veldhoven. The team designs reusable, high‑quality FPGA building blocks that support multiple subsystems in our machines. This internship focuses on enabling remote access to FPGA debug interfaces, improving flexibility for development and testing. Your work will help engineers program and debug devices without physical access, increasing efficiency and reducing turnaround time. During this internship, you contribute to scalable and future‑ready solutions.
In this internship, you will design and demonstrate a solution that enables remote FPGA programming and debugging over a network. You will build an end‑to‑end system connecting development tools to embedded hardware. The goal is to support common workflows such as programming and signal capture. Your main responsibilities will be:
Design a network-based interface for remote JTAG communication
Develop a host-side library compatible with FPGA development tools
Implement an embedded server controlling JTAG signal lines
Enable reliable data transfer between host and embedded system
Test functionality for programming and debug use cases
Validate performance such as latency and reliability
Document the architecture and demonstrate a working prototype
This is a masters non thesis/thesis internship for 6 months, for 5 days per week (3 days on-site). The start date of this internship is as of September 2026.
To be suitable for the internship, you:
Are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, embedded systems, computer engineering, or software engineering
Have knowledge of VHDL, FPGA, and high-speed electronics needed
Have experience with programming in C, C++, or a similar language
Show analytical thinking and a structured way of working
Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in a team
This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.
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