The majority part of our work is experimental project work. We investigate lifetime effects on optics and materials under extreme conditions similar to those in EUV lithography systems. We design and perform novel experiments with unique and dedicated setups. We then often also do surface analysis, also with setups in house. Our group is expert on all the various aspects that may impact lifetime performance.
As a project manager in our group you will manage such projects, as well as support our experimental teams to keep the various work-requests coordinated. We work in a dynamic field, so regular re-tuning/re-ordering between projects on resources is a given. As part of that, you also will have a lot of contact with our semicon-industry customers. We ask our project managers to be first point of action on that, although it is important to always team with your project scientific leads in these cases. Often you may need to work to a short deadline to re-align with our internal and external customers. We have several procedures in place to make sure this is managed well.
You will be part of a professional team of project managers. Together you challenge yourselves to continuously develop and grow your abilities, so that we all can keep bringing our best. To this end many opportunities also exist: courses, workshops, coaching, intervision, mentoring and job rotation. Also as a department as a whole we work as a team.
Our project managers work the full scope of a project, from initial conversations with the customer, to proposal definition and project execution to result delivery. In all phases we work in close cooperation with our customers. These projects will mostly involve experimental work one or more of our facilities and set-ups. You will lead small teams of scientific specialists and experimentalists, mainly in the area of physics, surface chemistry, and vacuum systems. Together with your team and in alignment with your customers, you work towards a successful result. You will manage several projects in parallel.