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CS - Application Engineer - Kaoshiung

ASML · Kaosiung, Taiwan

Last updated Jul 18, 2026 · View original posting

Application engineer supporting ASML products across high volume manufacturing, business development, and new product introduction phases. Role involves understanding customer needs, troubleshooting semiconductor lithography equipment issues, and bridging customer requirements with internal expertise.

Full Description

Introduction to the job

Application engineer supports ASML product in 3 phases:

  • High volume manufacturing: sustain installed base machine for on product performance issues
  • Business development: translate customer requirement into potential business development
  • New product introduction: new platform insertion in customer R&D / Pilot Fab

 

Role and responsibilities

  • Able to understand customer’s needs and clearly describe the issues that customer is facing to internal stakeholders
  • Act as the owner of customer requests and follow through. (customer interfacing, data collection, 1st hand analysis, etc)
  • Escalate/Communicate the issues to ASML experts in headquarter when needed without losing the ownership. Drive for progress and containment/solution
  • Support new product business development include bridging D&E ideas and customer requirements/demands.
  • Familiar with semiconductor litho-process, optical & metrology mechanism, able to do on product troubleshooting under time pressure

 

Education and experience

  • MSc or Phd (Phd is a plus but not required) in technical field.
  • Limited experience in an IC manufacturing environment, or research institute with emphasis on lithography, patterning, overlay, imaging, focus, metrology or defectivity related to node/process development.

 

Skills

  • Able work and coordinate across departments to ensure smooth troubleshooting process
  • Able to present and report clearly in English/Chinese during internal and external meetings

 

Other information

  • Able to travel within TW

 

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.

Inclusion and diversity

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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Requirements

Education: MASTER

Required

Component-level troubleshootingCross-functional action plan coordinationEnglish/Chinese presentation and reportingMetrologyoptical mechanism knowledgeSemiconductor cleanroom/fab process knowledge

Preferred

defectivity knowledge related to node/process developmentFocusIC Fab process development experienceImaging Principlesoverlay knowledgepatterning knowledgePhD in related fieldresearch institute experience in lithography

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