Head of Systems Engineering Duv

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