Head of Systems Engineering DUV (f/m/x)
ZEISS Group Oberkochen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Machinery Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees
About the role
You will lead the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering within the DUV environment, establishing standards and interfaces for architecture and requirements. Additionally, you will manage cross-product initiatives and ensure alignment across programs, product management, and development teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a university degree, ideally a PhD, in engineering or natural sciences with extensive experience in systems engineering or technical program management. Proven leadership skills and proficiency in complex high-tech system development are essential for this role.
Full description
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
- Responsibility for the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering in the DUV environment.
- Establishment of standards, roles, and interfaces for architecture, requirements management, roadmaps, and decision processes.
- Technical and disciplinary development of Systems Engineering roles.
- Harmonization of activities across products, programs, and product lines
- Ensuring consistent roadmaps, system architectures, requirements, and interfaces in alignment with programs, product management, and development.
- Management of program-agnostic initiatives (task forces, focus teams, pre-feasibility).
- Transparency on backlogs, reports, risks, and dependencies; well-founded positions toward stakeholders.
- Continuing development of the Systems Engineering community and the Product & Solution Generation Process.
Your Profile
- Completed university degree (ideally PhD) in engineering or natural sciences.
- Many years of experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical program management of complex high-tech systems.
- Proven technical and/or disciplinary leadership responsibility as well as team/role development.
- Proficient in systems engineering methods, requirements management, system architecture, roadmaps, and program management.
- Ability to structure and present complex technical, economic, and organizational contexts in a decision-ready way.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication skills, assertiveness, and confident presence at all levels (including internationally). Entrepreneurial mindset: solution-oriented, with a view to portfolio, scalability, risks, and feasibility.
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Janina Kalmbach
