Product Owner Embedded Software (f/m/x)

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, based in Oberkochen, seeks an experienced embedded software lead to coordinate a team through the development of a complex mechatronic lithography component, up to customer release.

You will drive requirements with interface partners, break them into sprint tasks, and align MVP timelines with stakeholders, while pushing the embedded software product forward within the overall system and supporting production issue analysis.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Physics, Computer Engineering or comparable field.
• Several years of experience in complex embedded software development in an agile environment.
• Proven experience in technical leadership of employees.
• Experience coordinating external software development providers.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner; certification desirable.
• Strong teamwork, initiative and independent work.
• Good German and English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a team of embedded software developers through product software creation up to customer release.
• Lead requirements gathering with interface partners and prioritize in the product backlog.
• Break down requirements into development tasks and plan in sprints.
• Align MVP timelines and subsequent iterations with stakeholders.
• Drive embedded software product introduction and ensure functionality within the system.
• Support the team in incident analysis related to production and customer issues.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

Product Owner

Backlog management

Requirement gathering

MVP planning

Incident analysis

German language

English language

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

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

• Coordinate a team of highly experienced embedded software developers through the creation of the product software for a complex mechatronic component of a lithography system, up to customer release
• Lead requirements gathering with interface partners and document and prioritize them in the product backlog
• Break down requirements into individual development tasks and plan them into sprints
• Align timelines for a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) and further iterations with stakeholders
• Drive the introduction of the embedded software product together with the Scrum team and take responsibility for its functionality within the overall system
• Support the team in incident analysis related to production and customer issues

Your Profile

• An excellent university degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a comparable field
• Several years of experience in the development of complex embedded software in an agile development environment
• Proven experience in the technical leadership of employees
• Experience in coordinating external software development service providers
• Proven experience as a Product Owner; certification as a Product Owner is desirable
• Strong team skills, high self-motivation, as well as pronounced initiative and the ability to work independently
• Good German and English language skills

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Matthias Sonnentag

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.

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.