Head of Control Applications (m/w/x)

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology​

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Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips​

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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.

To manufacture high-performance semiconductor chips using microlithography, we develop the world’s most advanced projection and illumination systems. Mechatronic solutions within our product designs are playing an increasingly important role.

Your Role

• The Control Applications group within the Actuators, Sensors, Dynamics & Control department ensures the technically sound and cost-effective design, implementation, validation and verification of control loops for mechatronic systems in lithography optics
• This includes developing the necessary evaluation processes and analysis algorithms, defining test requirements, managing risks, creating and maintaining the relevant documentation, and communicating with suppliers and customers within the area of responsibility
• As head of this group, you will provide technical and disciplinary leadership and actively ensure its continuous and strategic development
• The position also includes responsibility for a subproject and its deliverables within a product development program
• In addition, you will communicate business decisions and the organization’s strategic direction to the team and ensure their implementation

Your Profile

• A successfully completed degree in mechatronics, aerospace engineering, physics or a comparable field
• More than five years of professional experience in dynamics and control engineering for high-precision systems
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams and external partners and suppliers, as well as in the industrialization of products
• Strong leadership skills, ideally demonstrated through experience in the disciplinary or lateral leadership of teams
• A passion for developing and motivating employees and for building the group into a high-performing team
• An assertive and decisive working style and the ability to handle conflicts effectively
• Several years of experience in project management and in managing complex development projects in terms of schedules, costs, quality and risks
• A strong customer and results orientation and the ability to communicate effectively with different audiences
• A proactive, independent and structured approach to work, as well as the ability to identify the need for action at an early stage and take ownership of driving it forward
• Business-fluent written and spoken English, good German skills or the willingness to develop them promptly

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Ramazan Azgin