Electrical Engineering | Software Engineering internship: network jtag solution

Introduction

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.

Your assignment

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.

Your profile

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.

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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