Senior Development Engineer Product Realiability (f/m/x)

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH; Jena; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ZEISS is seeking a Reliability Engineer/Technical Risk Manager to lead reliability efforts for complex semiconductor process equipment in a cutting‑edge R&D environment.

You will collaborate with international customers and suppliers, applying Design for Reliability concepts and statistical methods to mitigate risk and ensure product quality. Fluent German and English are required for cross‑functional communication across global teams.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in a scientific or engineering discipline.
• Several years of professional experience as a development or systems engineer in international high-tech R&D.
• Expertise in Reliability Engineering, process development, Six Sigma, FMEA and statistics.
• Ideally experience in Physics of Failure and modeling.
• Well organized with fluency in German and English for cross‑functional collaboration.
• Interested in interdisciplinary roles with initiative.

Aufgaben

• Define and coordinate activities to ensure required reliability across processes and machinery.
• Support interdisciplinary teams with root cause analysis in customer complaints or field incidents.
• Assess impact on reliability and develop and implement corrective actions.
• Manage interfaces across teams and functions to reduce risk.

Kenntnisse

Reliability Engineering

Six Sigma

FMEA

Statistical methods

Root cause analysis

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/Physics/related field

Jobbeschreibung

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

You are responsible for Reliability Engineering and Technical Risk Management for complex processes and machinery within a highly innovative research and development environment. Leveraging your expertise as a developer/system engineer, you proactively contribute to sustainable project success by applying appropriate Design for Reliability concepts and your knowledge of process assurance. Together with our international customers and suppliers, you define and coordinate activities to ensure the required level of reliability. You actively manage the various interfaces and reduce risk through effective networking and collaboration across teams and functions. You support our interdisciplinary teams in root cause analysis in cases of customer complaints or field incidents, assess their impact on reliability, and develop and implement appropriate corrective actions.

Your Profile

You have successfully completed a degree in a scientific or engineering discipline. You have several years of professional experience as a development or systems engineer in an international high-tech research and development environment. You have in-depth methodological expertise in Reliability Engineering or process development, Six Sigma, FMEA, and statistical methods. Ideally, you have experience in the field of Physics of Failure (e.g., failure mechanisms or degradation effects) and their modeling. You are well organized and communicate confidently in both German and English, enabling you to collaborate effectively across different interfaces and present your results clearly and convincingly. You are enthusiastic about working in an interdisciplinary role that offers ample scope for personal initiative.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Janina Kalmbach

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.