Jaap Karssenberg is a seasoned system engineering leader with 18 years at ASML, now managing the System Engineering group from 's-Hertogenbosch. He progressed from hands-on customer support and application engineering to systems roles, blending deep technical troubleshooting with product development and field validation for complex lithography systems. Jaap has driven usability, supportability and automation efforts that helped integrate ASML tools into customer fabs worldwide, often acting as the escalation point for critical field issues. His background in applied physics (M.Sc.) and early freelance programming work give him a strong analytical foundation and practical coding experience for data processing and tooling. Colleagues value his ability to translate customer problems into development requirements and to shepherd new product options through testing and field adoption. He pairs long-term domain expertise with a pragmatic focus on operational reliability and customer-facing engineering.
18 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Applied Physics, M.Sc., Applied Physics at University of Twente
B.A., Philosophy, B.A., Philosophy at VU University Amsterdam
Contributions:8 reviews, 1177 commits, 310 PRs in 8 years 11 months
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Jaap Karssenberg - Group Manager System Engineering at ASML