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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 11, 2026. Zeiss scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Zeiss is a German optics and optoelectronics group founded in Jena in 1846 that is owned by a foundation rather than by shareholders, which frees it to invest on very long horizons. Its most strategically important business supplies the optical systems inside extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, without which leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing would not be possible, and it also makes surgical and diagnostic ophthalmic equipment, spectacle lenses, industrial measurement systems, microscopes and camera optics. Headquartered in Oberkochen with a large site in Jena, the group employs tens of thousands of people and spends an unusually high share of revenue on research.

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

  • In this role, you will develop software for highly precise lithography systems and contribute to robust embedded control solutions in a demanding semiconductor environment.

  • You will work closely with experienced experts in software, electronics and system development and help shape technical solutions from implementation to design decisions.

  • Develop embedded control software for next-generation lithography systems - Implement software for bare-metal controllers with a strong focus on C programming

  • Contribute to embedded Linux-based software components where required

  • Support software architecture definition and translate requirements into sustainable technical solutions

  • Create and improve test infrastructure for software verification and validation

  • Analyze technical requirements, runtime behavior and edge casesto ensure reliable system performance

  • Work closely with an agile and highly specialized development team

Your Profile

  • Degree in engineering, computer science, control systems, mathematics, physics or a comparable field

  • Strong and recent hands-on experience in professional C software development for bare-metal systems

  • Sound understanding of low-level embedded software concepts, including memory management and hardware-related programming

  • Practical experience in machine-oriented software development, embedded Linux or real-time environments

  • Initial experience in software architecture tasks and in making technical design decisions

  • Good understanding of software design principles and the ability to derive solutions from requirements, runtime behavior and relevant edge cases

  • Experience with Python for test automation is an advantage

  • Ideally, knowledge of FPGA or VHDL

  • Strong analytical skills, a structured way of working and clear communication in interdisciplinary teams

  • Very good English skills; German skills are an advantage

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Matthias Sonnentag
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