Development Engineer Sensor Technology with a Focus on High Precision Position Measurements (m/f/x)

Carl Zeiss Vision Canada Inc.; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS in Germany is seeking a mechatronics engineer to take technical responsibility for high-precision sensor systems across the full product lifecycle.

You will drive development, verification, manufacturability, and risk management while coordinating with mechanics, electronics, software, and other disciplines.

Fluency in German and English, willingness to travel, and strong organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• University degree in mechatronics, mechanical, electrical engineering or engineering cybernetics; PhD desirable.
• Strong knowledge of mechatronics: actuation, sensor tech, electronics, control, dynamics, and thermal engineering.
• Experience in development and application of optical sensors, especially in high-precision positioning or optical systems.
• Independent and systematic working style 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, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Technical responsibility for high precision sensor systems throughout the entire product lifecycle, from development to series products
• Further development of sensor systems with 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

Skills

Actuation

Sensor technology

Electronics

Control engineering

Dynamics

Thermal engineering

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Mechatronics / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering / Engineering Cybernetics

Job description

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