Product Owner Embedded Software (f/m/x)

ZEISS Group; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Group in Oberkochen seeks a senior professional to lead the embedded software development for a lithography system component. You will coordinate a skilled team, drive MVP milestones, and manage requirements with interface partners, ensuring timely customer releases.

The role requires a strong background in embedded software, agile leadership, and proven Product Owner experience with German and English language skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Physics, Computer Engineering or a comparable field.
• Several years of experience in developing complex embedded software in an agile environment.
• Proven experience in leading employees technically.
• Experience coordinating external software development providers.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner; certification desirable.
• Strong team skills, self-motivation, initiative and independence.
• Good German and English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a team of experienced embedded software developers through product software development for a complex mechatronic lithography component, up to customer release.
• Lead requirements gathering with interface partners and document and prioritize them in the product backlog.
• Break down requirements into tasks and plan them into sprints.
• Align timelines for MVP and iterations with stakeholders.
• Drive the embedded software product introduction with the Scrum team and ensure its functionality within the system.
• Support the team in incident analysis related to production and customer issues.

Skills

Embedded software

Team leadership

Product Owner

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

External vendors

German/English

Education

Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics 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