Zeiss

Manufactures high-precision optical instruments and devices

Development Engineer Sensor Technology with a Focus on High Precision Position Measurements

Hardware Systems IntegrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeOberkochen, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An excellent university degree in mechatronics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering cybernetics, or a comparable field is required.
Strong knowledge of relevant mechatronics disciplines, including actuation, sensor technology, electronics, control engineering, dynamics, and thermal engineering, is required.
Proven experience developing, characterizing, and applying optical sensors is required, ideally in high-precision positioning or optical systems.
A willingness to travel domestically and internationally is required.
Fluency in written and spoken German and English is required.

Responsibilities

Take technical responsibility for high-precision sensor systems throughout the product lifecycle, from development to series production.
Further develop sensor systems, focusing on design verification, manufacturability, integrability, and risk management.
Coordinate and integrate sensor technology with adjacent disciplines, including mechanics, sensor technology, electronics, control engineering, and software.
Ensure quality, performance, and delivery capability in close collaboration with production, suppliers, and system development.
Conduct requirements engineering in close contact with relevant stakeholders.
Manage and develop suppliers technically, and evaluate development and manufacturing processes.
Present assigned topics to internal and external customers.

Desired Qualifications

Initial professional experience is desirable.
A PhD is desirable.
Experience with optical sensors in high-precision positioning or optical systems is ideal.

Your Role

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured using ZEISS technologies. As the core component of every electronically controlled system, they have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives, whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With highly precise lithography optics, photomask systems and solutions for process control, ZEISS enables the production of increasingly smaller, more powerful, and energy-efficient microchips, thereby playing a decisive role in shaping the age of micro- and nanoelectronics through its innovations.

Technical responsibility for high precision sensor systems throughout the entire product lifecycle, from development to series products
Further development of sensor systems with a focus on design verification, manufacturability, integrability, and risk management
Coordination and integration of sensor technology with adjacent disciplines such as mechanics, sensor technology, electronics, control engineering, and software
Ensuring quality, performance and delivery capability in close collaboration with production, suppliers and system development
Requirements engineering in close contact with relevant stakeholders
Technical supplier management and further development of suppliers, as well as evaluation of development and manufacturing processes
Presentation of the assigned topics to internal and external customers

Your Profile

Excellent university degree in mechatronics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering cybernetics, or a comparable field; initial professional experience and/or a PhD are desirable
Strong knowledge of relevant mechatronics disciplines (actuation, sensor technology, electronics, control engineering, dynamics, thermal engineering)
Proven experience in the development, characterization, and application of optical sensors, ideally in high precision positioning or optical systems
Independent and systematic way of working as well as excellent organizational and communication skills
Team spirit, assertiveness, and a high level of commitment and motivation
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Ramazan Azgin

About the Company

Zeiss

Manufactures high-precision optical instruments and devices

ZEISS is a global leader in optics and optoelectronics, serving medical professionals, industrial manufacturers, consumers, and the semiconductor industry. It designs and sells high-precision optical instruments, medical devices, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and vision care products such as corrective lenses and eye-health services. Its products rely on advanced optics and imaging technologies to deliver accurate inspection, diagnosis, and manufacturing outcomes across healthcare, industrial quality control, consumer optics, and chip fabrication. What sets ZEISS apart is its breadth and depth: a long-standing scale in multiple markets, integrated solutions across optics, imaging, metrology, and precision engineering, and a commitment to sustainability in electricity use and carbon emissions. The company’s goal is to advance optics and optoelectronics by providing reliable, high-quality tools and services worldwide while operating in a sustainable way.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding: $1.1B
Headquarters: Oberkochen, Germany
Founded: 2001

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