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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.

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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, You have become an integral part of our everyday lives – whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart professionals. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS driving 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. As the central IT of SMT, we drive the company's digital transformation in partnership with our business departments day by day through numerous projects. The most important building block for implementing the roadmap towards the “leading edge” in IT and digital is outstanding employees who are eager to shape the future of the company with full assertion and enjoyment of their work. For our IT Applications Material Logistics & Cross-Functional Services department, we are looking for a Solution Designer / Software Architect. In concrete business projects, you will shape the future and transformation of the IT landscape within the ZEISS SMT Logistics domain. In this technologically exciting environment, you will work with logistics systems, material or logistics, as well as cross-functional topics that may include the supply chain or workflow solutions.

Your role As Solution Designer / Software Architect (f/m/x), you are responsible for the complete solution engineering for demands and projects. You validate the business and functional requirements in direct interaction with the business departments. In addition, you derive the non-functional together requirements with other stakeholders such as IT Ops and Security. Based on the collected requirements, you create a development-oriented solution design, taking the target architecture into account. As part of an agile development process, you act as the link between the stakeholders in the business departments, the solution managers and the developers. You support and advise the development teams to ensure correct and error-free implementation.

A successfully completed degree in (Business) Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a comparable field Several years of practical experience in software development / architecture or IT consulting A strong combination of business process and IT system expertise, for example in the areas of production or logistics IT Sound methodological and technical knowledge of software platform solutions, ideally in a manufacturing-related environment A confident demeanor, strong communication skills and the ability to inspire others A high level of initiative, team spirit and flexibility Very good German and English skills