Cymer is committed to recruiting talented, passionate individuals to be a part of our innovative culture, contribute to our ongoing success, and help us to achieve our future aspirations.  As a global leader in light source technology for the semiconductor industry, we provide new college graduates and interns with the opportunity to be fully immersed in the cutting edge work we do every day.

Education is a crucial stepping stone in the pursuit and development of tomorrow’s technological advancements.  Cymer is dedicated to partnering with academic institutions in that pursuit and providing support through on-campus recruitment, informational sessions, student organization funding, scholarships, fellowships, Endowed Chairs, internships, and a variety of other activities.

University Partnerships

Below are just some of Cymer's programs targeted toward furthering education and technology research.

UCSD Jacobs School, Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics.
Cymer is proud sponsor of the UCSD Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics (CCSD). The CCSD team includes world leaders in the development of the mathematical and theoretical basis of control and dynamical system modeling, analysis, estimation, and design. These theories are critical to the formulation of approaches to real problems and to the provision of performance specifications and guarantees. Visit the CCSD website for further information about the research and courses available.

UCSD Cymer Endowed Chair, Advanced Optical Technologies
In March 2008, professor Shaya Fainman was named the first holder of the Cymer Inc. Endowed Chair in Advanced Optical Technologies. The endowed chair is the second donated to the Jacobs School of Engineering by UCSD alumni and Cymer co-founders Bob Akins and Rick Sandstrom. (The first was the Cymer Endowed Chair in High Performance Dynamical Systems Modeling and Control, held by professor Robert Bitmead.)

Bob Akins, Cymer Chairman and CEO said of the appointment, "At Cymer we're committed to pushing the limits of DUV lithography in order to advance the production of chips that power the electronic devices we rely on every day. The work of Shaya and others at UCSD on lithography applications for commercially viable nano-optics is of great interest to us, as these advances will help drive the industry forward."