Senior Software Developer Bare-metal and Linux (f/m/x)

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

• Developing the control software for the next generations of lithography systems, driving progress in the semiconductor industry.
• Implementing best‑in‑class embedded control systems on bare metal and on embedded Linux.
• Contributing to the software architecture definition and design.
• Creating test infrastructure for the software.
• Working in an agile team where each member is an expert.

Your Profile

• Studies in Engineering, Control Systems, Mathematics, Physics or similar.
• Proven experience as a software developer or architect in a professional software development environment for bare metal controllers (C), real‑time operating systems (Linux) or similar machine‑oriented applications.
• Experience using Python for test automation, or similar.
• Optional experience with FPGA’s or VHDL.
• Excellent communication skills, able to solve complex challenges independently and in a team with empathy and precision.
• Good English and optionally German language skills.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Matthias Sonnentag, Ramazan Azgin