ZEISS | Germany | 07xxx Jena | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 07.05.2026 on stepstone.de
Software architect for planetariums with a focus on C and 3D computer graphics (m/f/d)
Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To make a sign with our innovations and to enable great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company. In an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities, ZEISS employees work in a culture characterised by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together. Today dare. Inspire tomorrow. Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. Apply in less than 10 minutes. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
We bring the stars to life – for 100 years. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of complete systems for modern planetariums, ZEISS delivers first-class solutions for fascinating planetarium applications. Join the digital future of ZEISS Planetariums and reach several million planetarium visitors worldwide. Your job
As a software architect (m/w/x) strengthen our agile team and develop attractive products in an extremely popular field of topics around astronomy and create the next generation 3D Planetarium software. This software allows the visual 3D exploration of the universe, the demonstration of earth-bound astronomy and the reproduction of audiovisual content. Participation in the development of the software for image generation of the digital projection on multi-projector systems, as well as the control of the devices used in planetaria
Development of software architecture and design and implementation of components of this software using state-of-the-art methods of 3D computer graphics and efficient algorithms and data structures
Project management and subproject management
You work in a small team with high visibility throughout the Group and get plenty of space for your own ideas in designing our products
Very successfully completed High/Fachhochschulstudie in Informatik (Master or Diploma)
Insufficient professional experience, for example in an agile environment as a software developer in industry or science with detectable experience in the design and documentation of software architectures ideally in the real-time 3D computer graphics and the (partial) project management as part of the development of medium-sized software projects
Excellent programming skills in C++ (most C++17/20) and the C++ Standard Template Library as well as deepened 3D computer graphics skills including the required mathematical foundations (object, lambda function, exception, RAII, Smart Pointers, Culling, Mipmap, Volume Ray Casting and Order-independent Transparency should not be foreign words for you)
In-depth knowledge of at least one of the graphic APIs volcano, OpenGL (at least version 3.3) or Direct3D (at least version 10) including the respective shader language
Reliable knowledge of efficient algorithms and data structures
Experience with the development of Windows applications with Visual Studio, safe handling of Git, loadable UML knowledge
Very good communication skills in German and English
With your quick understanding, your structured and careful way of working and your analytical thinking, you will become part of a small team that supports each other and deals with each other in an appreciation. We look forward to meeting you! !
Location
 | ZEISS | |
| 07745 Jena | ||
| Germany |
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