Internship - Operational Excellence Engineer

Introduction to the job:

ASML US, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, bring together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world's leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

We are currently recruiting for an internship located at our office in San Diego, CA.

Role and responsibilities:

As a Operational Excellence Engineer Intern, you will work with the Operational Excellence & Quality Engineering teams to assist in the implementation of continuous improvement projects that support DUV manufacturing. This individual will work with electrical, mechanical, and optical assemblies in the production environment and help driving improvements within these groups. This position will also aid in the maintenance of work instructions and production, and/or quality data acquisition and analysis.

• Supports Operational Excellence & Quality Engineering with project work.

• Prepares, analyzes and reports factory metrics and other KPIs

• Perform process time studies or process mapping.

• Recommend and implement process improvements.

• Participate as a member of cross-functional teams with an eye for Operational Excellence and Quality Engineering

• Investigate problems and recommend/analyze possible solutions.

• Prepare and deliver reports on work progress.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This will NOT be limited to a desk. Hands-on work in the factory will be required.

• Job description subject to change at any time

Education and Experience:

• Must be pursuing a degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.

• Knowledge or experience in use of statistics for engineering applications.

• Familiar with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Quality Engineering, 5S, 8D, FMEA, and 5 Why's analysis.

• Familiarity with Bill of Materials (BOM) structures

• Ability to work in cleanroom manufacturing environment.

• Must be comfortable with a rapidly changing work environment.

• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills

• Customer service focus

• Hands on, multitasking, priority setting and risk management.

• Team focused but individually accountable.

• Proficient use of all Microsoft Office suite programs

• Experience or familiar with using statistical software (JMP, Minitab, other.)

• Knowledge of OE & QE

Skills:

• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.

• Can learn and apply new information or skills.

• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.

• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.

• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.

• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads.

• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.

• Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.

• Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.

• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and customer.

• Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Other information

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• May require travel dependent on business needs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Can work under deadlines.
• The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.
• Must be able to wear disposable rubber gloves for entire duration of shift.
• Wearing of eye protection in manufacturing areas is required.
• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
• Can learn and apply new information or skills.