Head of Systems Engineering DUV (f/m/x)

ZEISS Group; Hann. Münden; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ZEISS Group in Germany seeks a senior leader for the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering in the DUV environment. You will establish standards, roles, and interfaces for architecture, requirements management, roadmaps, and decision processes.

The role requires extensive experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical program management of complex high‑tech systems, plus proven leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to communicate complex

Qualifikationen

• Completed university degree (ideally PhD) in engineering or natural sciences.
• Many years of experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical program management of complex high-tech systems.
• Proven technical and/or disciplinary leadership responsibility as well as team/role development.

Aufgaben

• Responsibility for the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering in the DUV environment.
• Establishment of standards, roles, and interfaces for architecture, requirements management, roadmaps, and decision processes.
• Technical and disciplinary development of Systems Engineering roles.
• Harmonization of activities across products, programs, and product lines
• Ensuring consistent roadmaps, system architectures, requirements, and interfaces in alignment with programs, product management, and development.
• Management of program-agnostic initiatives (task forces, focus teams, pre-feasibility).
• Transparency on backlogs, reports, risks, and dependencies; well-founded positions toward stakeholders.
• Continuing development of the Systems Engineering community and the Product & Solution Generation Process.

Kenntnisse

Systems Engineering

Product Development

Technical Program Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Ausbildung

Completed university degree (ideally PhD) in engineering or natural sciences

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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.

Aufgaben

• Responsibility for the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering in the DUV environment.
• Establishment of standards, roles, and interfaces for architecture, requirements management, roadmaps, and decision processes.
• Technical and disciplinary development of Systems Engineering roles.
• Harmonization of activities across products, programs, and product lines
• Ensuring consistent roadmaps, system architectures, requirements, and interfaces in alignment with programs, product management, and development.
• Management of program-agnostic initiatives (task forces, focus teams, pre-feasibility).
• Transparency on backlogs, reports, risks, and dependencies; well-founded positions toward stakeholders.
• Continuing development of the Systems Engineering community and the Product & Solution Generation Process.

Profil

• Completed university degree (ideally PhD) in engineering or natural sciences.
• Many years of experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical program management of complex high-tech systems.
• Proven technical and/or disciplinary leadership responsibility as well as team/role development.
• Proficient in systems engineering methods, requirements management, system architecture, roadmaps, and program management.
• Ability to structure and present complex technical, economic, and organizational contexts in a decision-ready way.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication skills, assertiveness, and confident presence at all levels (including internationally). Entrepreneurial mindset: solution-oriented, with a view to portfolio, scalability, risks, and feasibility.

Important note

Please be advised that a valid work permit for Germany is required for non-EU citizens. Unfortunately, applications without a valid work permit and sufficient German language skills may not be considered.