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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Head of Assembly and Alignment of Lithography Optics

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWetzlar, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A very well-completed degree in engineering sciences, production engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, optics, or a comparable field is required.
  • Long-standing leadership and production experience in a technology-driven industrial environment, with demonstrated success in demanding line, ramp-up, or transformation responsibilities.
  • Substantial experience manufacturing complex, quality-critical products; cleanroom, optics manufacturing, or semiconductor technology experience is desirable.
  • Demonstrated success developing production systems, value streams, processes, and shop-floor, lean, and key performance indicator systems.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and change-management capabilities, including the ability to develop people while setting clear expectations for performance, quality, and collaboration.
  • Sound decision-making, pragmatism, entrepreneurial thinking, and strong execution orientation, including in dynamic ramp-up situations.
  • Very good written and spoken German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Provide functional and disciplinary leadership for a manufacturing segment comprising five teams and approximately 100 employees.
  • Take overall responsibility for safety, quality, delivery performance, productivity, costs, and stable achievement of ambitious growth and ramp-up targets.
  • Build, manage, and develop assembly and alignment operations in the new Dillfeld plant as an integrated part of manufacturing across Wetzlar sites.
  • Shape scalable, future-oriented production using modern manufacturing, automation, and digitalization solutions.
  • Optimize value streams, capacities, resources, shift models, and material flows across the Carl Zeiss SMT production network.
  • Translate corporate and site objectives into clear key performance indicators, priorities, and operational decisions for the teams.
  • Develop leaders, teams, and the organization, emphasizing ownership, performance, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage conflicts, change, and competing objectives, and work closely with site leadership, engineering, quality, supply chain, human resources, and adjacent manufacturing segments.

Desired Qualifications

  • A doctorate is advantageous.
  • Experience with automation and digitalization solutions in production is advantageous.
  • Experience in cleanroom manufacturing, optics manufacturing, or semiconductor technology is advantageous.

About the Company

Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, investing in deep-tech startups that align with its core business areas. It focuses on early-stage rounds (pre-Series A to Series A), typically $1–$5 million, across Information Technology, Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences. It adds value by providing targeted funding and using ZEISS’s global network and expertise to support portfolio companies. The goal is to accelerate development of new technologies and business models that complement ZEISS’s portfolio, while actively engaging with external innovation.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$69.9M
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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