Development Engineer Actuation with a Focus on Piezo Technology (f/m/x)

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS seeks a technical leader for high-precision actuation systems in its Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division at Oberkochen. You will own the actuation system lifecycle from development to series production, driving verification, manufacturability, and integration with mechanics, optics and controls.

You will coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure quality, performance and timely delivery, while engaging in requirements engineering and presenting outcomes to

Qualifications

• University degree in mechatronics, mechanical, electrical engineering or engineering cybernetics; PhD desirable.
• Strong knowledge of actuation, sensor tech, electronics, control engineering, dynamics and thermal engineering.
• Experience with piezo-based actuators, especially in high-precision positioning or optical systems.
• Programming skills in Python, MATLAB or C/C++ are a plus.
• Independent, systematic work style with excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Team-oriented with assertiveness and high commitment; willing to travel domestically and internationally.
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Technical responsibility for high-precision actuation systems across lifecycle from development to series products.
• Further development of actuation systems focusing on design verification, manufacturability, integrability, and risk management.
• Coordinate and integrate actuation systems with mechanics, sensor tech, electronics, control and software.
• Ensure quality, performance and delivery capability with production, suppliers and system development.
• Requirements engineering with relevant stakeholders.
• Technical supplier management and supplier development; evaluate development and manufacturing processes.
• Present topics to internal and external customers.

Skills

Mechatronics

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Engineering cybernetics

Actuation

Sensor technology

Electronics

Control engineering

Dynamics

Thermal engineering

Piezo actuators

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

Independent working

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Team spirit

Willingness to travel

German & English fluency

Education

Mechatronics or related engineering degree

PhD considered favorable

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

Job description

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips Working for tomorrow today. Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives – whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics

Your Role

• Technical responsibility for high-precision actuation systems throughout the entire product lifecycle, from development to series products.
• Further development of actuation systems with a focus on design verification, manufacturability, integrability, and risk management.
• Coordination and integration of actuation systems 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 cooperation 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 piezo-based actuators, ideally in high precision positioning or optical systems.
• Programming skills (e.g. in Python, MATLAB or C/C++) are a plus.
• An 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

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

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