Principal Applications Scientist, Memory Device & Process Integration
Principal Applications Scientist, Memory Device & Process IntegrationLocation: KoreaIntroduction to the roleASML’s Technology Development Center, TDC, helps shape the company’s long-term technology direction by connecting semiconductor industry developments with future product and technology roadmaps.We are looking for an experienced memory technology professional to analyze future memory device architectures and process-integration challenges from a global industry perspective. The primary focus of the role will be advanced DRAM device architecture and process integration, covering major technology paths and customer-specific approaches across the global DRAM industry.In this role, you will own assigned DRAM-related technical topics, develop the underlying technology scenarios and roadmap inputs, and translate your insights into relevant implications for ASML product and technology roadmaps. You may also contribute to broader memory technology discussions where your expertise and analytical perspective are relevant.You will collaborate with experts across ASML, customers, research organizations and external technology partners. The position is based in Korea, while its technology and stakeholder scope is global.Roles and responsibilities• Analyze future DRAM device, cell and array architectures and their process-integration implications.• Reconstruct and evaluate process-integration flows for evolving and emerging DRAM architectures.• Assess the interaction between device architecture, layout, materials, dimensions and process conditions.• Identify physical limits, critical dependencies, integration risks and unresolved technical challenges.• Follow relevant developments through customer inputs, publications, patents, conferences, internal sources and expert discussions.• Develop and evaluate technical hypotheses using incomplete, evolving and sometimes conflicting information.• Compare alternative technology paths and identify the conditions required for their technical feasibility and transition.• Clearly distinguish technical evidence, assumptions, interpretations and uncertainties.• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps for assigned DRAM device and process-integration topics, including their technical basis, alternative scenarios and open questions.• Identify critical layers, process steps and requirements arising from future DRAM architectures.• Translate device and process-integration developments into relevant implications for ASML technology areas.• Work with experts across technical disciplines to validate assumptions and develop technically grounded recommendations.• Contribute DRAM technology insights and roadmap inputs to the overall TDC memory roadmap and relevant ASML product and technology discussions.• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to stakeholders with different technical backgrounds.• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead technical discussions with customers, research organizations and technol...