Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

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.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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During the 18 months, you will rotate between 4 different ZEISS departments across the company's different business units and possibly also abroad. Which departments these are depends on you – your chosen focus and your future role. During the program, you will also take part in several training sessions, workshops and project work that enhances your professional and personal development and prepare you to take on complex Systems Engineering tasks. All this aims at enabling you to hit the ground running after completing the program – and make you familiar with the basics to kickstart your career @ ZEISS. 

Possible tasks within the program: 

• Systems Engineering in ongoing projects from research to development

• Design and validation of complex opto-electronic systems

• Master interdisciplinary tasks and bring together software and hardware solutions

• Work together with senior experts in their fields and prepare a solution for medical technology, vision care, the semiconductor industry, or life science research

• completed field of study in in a MINT course (Physics, Bio-Physics, Computer Science or similar)

• Practical experience gained, for example, as an intern or working student (maximum of 1,5 years) 

• Experience in common MS Office applications as well as programming languages like Python

• Experience with optical engineering, first experience with life science and bio-chemistry and at least pronounced knowledge about one imaging modality such as laser scanning microscopy

• Flexibility to work at different ZEISS locations in Germany during the program

• Fluent in English & German, both written and spoken, further languages beneficial

Planned Timeline
Application Period: April 01st – Mai 15th, 2024

Screening & Online Assessment: May 01st – May 31st, 2024

Video Interviews: June 01st – June 30th, 2024

Onsite Interview Day: July 01st – July 30th, 2024

Start Program: October 1st, 2024