# Senior Scientist (m/f/x) AI-Driven Optical System Development

Your Role You are passionate about combining scientific excellence with technical leadership and want to actively shape the transformation towards AI-driven development workflows? In this role, you will take on a central position in leading and coordinating innovative projects in the field of optical system design. As a Senior Scientist (m/f/x), you act as a key interface between research, development, and application. You ensure that complex, interdisciplinary initiatives are executed efficiently, purposefully, and aligned with strategic objectives. A strong focus of your role will be effective stakeholder management across the ZEISS Innovation Ecosystem. Your Responsibilities Lead and coordinate innovation-driven technical projects in the area of model-, data-, and AI-driven design workflows Define project goals, milestones, and deliverables in close alignment with key stakeholders Drive stakeholder management across business units, functions, and organizational levels Ensure technical consistency and quality of developed solutions Facilitate and steer interdisciplinary teams comprising scientists, software engineers, and system engineers Identify dependencies, synergies, and

- **Id**: 3611352
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zeiss-senior-scientist-mfx-ai-driven-optical-system-development>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Jena, Germany, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T14:28:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T19:27:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 12
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2015
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Surgical Instruments & Devices, Eyewear, Medical Imaging Systems, Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 5290
- **Name**: Zeiss
- **Domain**: zeiss.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zeiss>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 173
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.74
- **Repost share**: 0.012
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 12

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T14:28:48Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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