Product Owner Embedded Software (f/m/x)

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

• Coordinate a team of highly experienced embedded software developers through the creation of the product software for a complex mechatronic component of a lithography system, up to customer release
• Lead requirements gathering with interface partners and document and prioritize them in the product backlog
• Break down requirements into individual development tasks and plan them into sprints
• Align timelines for a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) and further iterations with stakeholders
• Drive the introduction of the embedded software product together with the Scrum team and take responsibility for its functionality within the overall system
• Support the team in incident analysis related to production and customer issues

Your Profile

• An excellent university degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a comparable field
• Several years of experience in the development of complex embedded software in an agile development environment
• Proven experience in the technical leadership of employees
• Experience in coordinating external software development service providers
• Proven experience as a Product Owner; certification as a Product Owner is desirable
• Strong team skills, high self-motivation, as well as pronounced initiative and the ability to work independently
• Good German and English language skills

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team

Matthias Sonnentag