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System Integration and Test Engineer
Research & development
In a nutshell
Location
Veldhoven, Netherlands
Team
Research & development
Experience
0-2 years
Degree
Bachelor
Travel
No
Published: 1 day ago Job ID: J-00263285-459
Introduction to the job
Maximizing yield, manufacturing speed, efficiency and reliability are among the key parameters for customers in high-volume chip manufacturing. Business Line Applications (BL Apps) extends ASML holistic lithography solutions by developing products that work alongside our lithography systems, in order to help them performing better and improving the patterning process.
BL Apps supports several manufacturing process steps in our customers' fabs, from R&D to mass production. The portfolio of products includes metrology, inspection, computational lithography, data analytics and control software to quickly and accurately measure, optimize and control overlay and imaging performance on silicon wafers. ASML's Applications products are critical elements in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Job Mission
The proto Integrator (PI) works closely with the Project Leader to plan and drive the execution of system integration activities, the so called High Level Integration Step (HLIS) packages on the proto Systems. You interface with D&E Project/Team leaders, Proto Engineers, System Test Engineers and Project Integrators. Overall responsibility is to manage the pre-requisites for the HLIS packages and to deliver and qualify an optimized HLIS sequence and recovery, taking into account dependencies, resourcing, tooling, materials and other prerequisites. The Proto Integrator will report daily progress/delays and escalate issues as they surface.
Job Description
Daily management of proto integration:
Issue Management:
Machine performance and configuration control:
Drive content of integration:
Education
BSc/MSc in electronics/physics/mechatronics
Experience
Personal skills
Context of the position
The position is in the System Integration group within the AD DE Process Window Detection Software Department in the business line Applications. The System Integration group is part of D&E (Design and Engineering) and responsible for the integration of modules into a proto system and prove that the system can meet the specifications. Proto systems are used to verify the design concept at system level, which includes hardware and software. The end goal is to find all issues before the new system is pilot, i.e. in the factory and at the customer.
Keywords
Project management, planning, system integration, proto systems, system maintenance, hardware, software, mechanics, multi-disciplinary, testing, semiconductor industry, high-tech
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Timothy Porter is an Army veteran of 10 years. He achieved the rank of Sergeant First Class within 7 years. After being involved in a bomb explosion, Porter was medically retired and began pursuing his passion: technology. In 2009, after teaching himself how to develop mobile apps, Appddiction Studio was formed. In 2011, Appddiction Studio was nationally recognized by the USA Network Channel. Porter was one of their USA Character Unite Award winners for developing an award-winning anti-bullying App for schools. Appddiction Studio has developed well over 200 commercial mobile apps and has become a leader in Enterprise transformations focusing on Agile and the SAFe Framework.
Porter has multiple degrees in Management Information Systems and holds an MBA. He is an SPC and RTE and has performed roles for Appddiction Studio as Scaled program Consultant, Enterprise Coach & Trainer, Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer to Scrum Master. Appddiction Studio has been performing for programs supporting Gunter AFB as a Prime Contractor in: Agile Coaching, EODIMS JST & EODIMS Backlog Burndown and now as a subcontractor on ACES FoS.
Porter has taught over 50 public/private SAFe classes and has submitted his packet for consideration to become SPCT Gold Partner. He is certified at all levels of SAFe Framework and teaches Leading SAFe, SAFe Scrum Master, Advanced Scrum Master, Lean Portfolio Management, Product Owner/Product Management, SAFe DevOps, SAFe Architect in addition to Agile courses like ICAgile Agile Fundamentals, ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation, ICAgile Agile Programming & ICAgile DevOps Foundations.
TAMPA, Florida — Screening and recommending preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people at risk for HIV exposure could be more successful if education and access to the preventive protocol is offered during testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
It comes down to numbers, said Gabriela Brito, MSN, RN, ACRN, a researcher at nonprofit CAN Community Health, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. More people seek screening for STIs compared with those who actively seek PrEP for HIV prevention.
"One out of five individuals got tested and were diagnosed with an STI in 2021, so we can capture a huge amount of people just from STI testing and direct them to PrEP programs," Brito told Medscape Medical News during a poster presentation here at the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) 2022 Annual Meeting. "So our initiative is pretty much about capturing people" at the point of care.
Brito reported that as of September 30, 2022, 2174 patients were receiving PrEP services through one of 40 CAN Community Health clinics. Nearly one third, 32%, were initially seen for free STI screening.
In some cases, the issue is not starting people on PrEP, it's keeping them on the regimen over time. The study revealed that 61% of the people were still taking the medication at 6 months.
This figure might have been even lower without CAN Community Health PrEP navigators. Of the 2174 patients, 63% work with a "PrEP navigator." These navigators help people access the medication and check in with them on a regular basis to address any questions or reasons behind a lack of adherence.
"If we're seeing someone's missing their appointments, our PrEP navigator will start reaching out to them to see what's going on," study coauthor Cheryl Netherly, BSW, LPN, ACLPN, told Medscape Medical News.
"It could be they moved to a different area or entered a mutually monogamous relationship. They don't realize they can continue through telehealth if they need to, because sometimes it is hard to get off of work to go [see] the doctor," Netherly added. "So we find ways to break those barriers."
Greater awareness around PrEP is another issue. "I think educating people and educating professionals, it's really crucial. It can also help diminish the stigma around PrEP," Brito said.
An analogy is when birth control pills first came out, and some providers would not prescribe them because they were concerned women would be promiscuous, Netherly said.
"When PrEP first came out, there was a lot of that same mindset," Netherly added. "But PrEP does not change your behavior. It's just adding a layer of protection to the behavior, so you can understand how to keep yourself healthy."
The strategy of identifying potential PrEP candidates during STI screening is "extremely important," Myra L. Rutland, CPN, DNP, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner and director for infectious disease and community outreach at Spectrum Community Health Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said when asked to comment. Rutland was not involved in the CAN Community Health study.
"This is primary care at its most generic level. Primary care means that you intervene before there's a problem," Rutland said.
"We have great medications. Now if patients are adherent to the medication, they are not just a little bit effective — they are between 95% and 99% effective at preventing HIV," she added.
The goal is to increase awareness that "if you contract any type of sexual transmitted infection…that means that perhaps you may have come in contact with HIV," Rutland said. "So why not offer PrEP? I do that with all of my patients."
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) 2022 Annual Meeting. Abstract P-10. Presented November 17, 2022.
The study was independently supported. Brito and Rutland report no relevant financial relationships.
Damian McNamara is a staff journalist based in Miami. He covers a wide range of medical specialties, including infectious diseases, gastroenterology, and critical care. Follow Damian on Twitter: @MedReporter.
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(Reuters) - A new survey suggests that a significant number of law schools will continue to use the Law School Admission Test even if the American Bar Association, which accredits them, no longer requires it.
Half of the 82 law school admissions offices surveyed by test prep company Kaplan Inc this fall said they are either “very likely” or “somewhat” likely to continue requiring a standardized admissions exam even if the ABA drops its testing mandate, according to the survey released Tuesday. Kaplan provides LSAT prep courses and has a financial interest in schools continuing to require the test.
The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is slated to vote on eliminating the admission test requirement Friday.
Four schools told Kaplan they are “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to stop requiring applicants to take an admissions test if the mandate is dropped, while 37 said they did not know what they would do.
The respondent pool included 12 of the top 25 law schools as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, according to Kaplan, which did not identify respondents' answers by school name.
“Irrespective of how this vote goes on Friday, it doesn’t necessarily mean that anything in admissions is actually going to change,” said Jeff Thomas, Kaplan’s executive director of legal programs.
Medical schools aren't required by their accreditor to use the Medical College Admission Test, Thomas noted, yet nearly all do.
The Law School Admission Council, which makes the LSAT, has long argued that its exam plays a consumer protection function by signaling to prospective lawyers whether they are likely to be able to handle the rigors of law school.
Proponents of eliminating the admission test requirement say law schools should have more flexibility in how they admit students.
Race has also emerged as a focus in the debate, with some calling the LSAT a barrier to entry that favors whites, and others arguing that the standardized test helps level the playing field for minority applicants.
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Proposal to axe LSAT requirement spurs debate over test’s effects on diversity
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- November is National Scholarship Month, and the current college debt debacle has highlighted how important the cost of college is.
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