Technical Module Owner (f/m/x)

ZEISS Group; Erfurt; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Group in Germany is seeking a skilled engineer to lead camera module development for a high-precision metrology machine. You will own camera components, coordinate across hardware, electronics, firmware, and software, and define design and verification plans.

You will work with suppliers and internal partners to ensure seamless integration, data handling and machine performance budgets, while communicating effectively in English and German.

Qualifications

• University degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, computer science, or physics.
• Technical understanding of camera-based inspection systems and metrology concepts.
• Experience coordinating complex module development across hardware, software, and electronics.
• Strong skills in requirements engineering, interface management and verification planning.
• Excellent project coordination, milestone planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience with suppliers and internal partners on camera hardware and testing.
• Very good communication skills in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Take module ownership for camera components in a high-precision mask metrology machine.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary development across camera hardware, electronics, firmware & software, metrology algorithms, controls and system integration.
• Starting from module requirements and interfaces, define design, verification plans and acceptance criteria for camera functionalities.
• Plan and steer technical work packages, milestones, risks, dependencies, design reviews, integration steps and documentation deliverables.
• Ensure technical consistency between camera acquisition, calibration, data handling, metrology processing and machine-level budgets.
• Drive integration, commissioning and issue resolution with internal experts, suppliers and project stakeholders.

Skills

Camera systems

Image acquisition

Metrology

Machine integration

Requirements engineering

Interface management

Verification planning

Risk management

Project coordination

English & German

Education

University degree in electrical engineering / mechatronics / computer science / physics

Job description

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.

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

• take module ownership for camera components within a high-precision machine for mask metrology
• coordinate interdisciplinary development activities across camera hardware, electronics, firmware & software, metrology algorithms, controls and system integration
• starting from module requirements and interfaces, define design, verification plans and acceptance criteria for camera functionalities and information to be processed and sent to other modules
• plan and steer technical work packages, milestones, risks, dependencies, design reviews, integration steps and documentation deliverables for the assigned modules
• ensure technical consistency between camera acquisition, calibration, data handling, metrology processing and machine-level performance budgets
• drive integration, commissioning and issue resolution together with internal experts, suppliers and project stakeholders, ensuring transparent status, priorities and decisions

Profil

• a university degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, computer science, physics or a comparable technical field
• technical understanding of camera-based inspection systems, image acquisition chains, calibration concepts, metrology and high-precision machine integration
• experience in coordinating complex module development across hardware, software, algorithms, electronics and metrology disciplines
• good knowledge of requirements engineering, interface management, verification planning, error budgeting, technical risk management and structured decision preparation
• strong project coordination skills, including milestone planning, dependency tracking, stakeholder alignment, backlog prioritization and escalation of technical impediments
• experience working with suppliers and internal development partners on camera hardware, test setups, prototype builds, data flows, commissioning and troubleshooting
• very good communication skills in English and German

Wir bieten

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.