Job Description

Your Role:

• Lead and manage development projects for embedded electronics, firmware, and FPGA-based solutions from concept to product release

• Define project scope, objectives, schedules, budgets, and resource plans in close collaboration with stakeholders and development teams

• Coordinate interdisciplinary teams consisting of FPGA developers, hardware developers, architects, and external partners

• Drive the execution of development activities and ensure alignment with technical, quality, cost, and schedule targets

• Monitor project progress, identify risks and dependencies, and proactively implement mitigation strategies

• Facilitate technical and management-level communication between development teams, stakeholders, suppliers, and management

• Support technical decision-making by understanding system architectures, FPGA designs, firmware concepts, and hardware development processes

• Ensure compliance with development processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements where applicable

• Coordinate project planning, milestone tracking, status reporting, and project reviews

• Manage change requests, requirements updates, and project priorities throughout the development lifecycle

• Foster collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement within the project team and across organisational boundaries

• Contribute to the optimisation of development processes, project management methodologies, and engineering best practices

Your Profile:

• Successfully completed studies in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a comparable field

• Proven experience managing complex development projects in the field of embedded systems, electronics, firmware, or FPGA development

• Good understanding of embedded hardware, firmware architectures, FPGA technologies, and system integration principles

• Experience with project management methodologies, planning tools, risk management, and stakeholder management

• Ability to coordinate interdisciplinary teams in an international and technically demanding environment

• Strong communication, moderation, and leadership skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders

• Experience managing technical suppliers and external development partners is an advantage

• Analytical and structured working style combined with a solution-oriented mindset

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• High level of ownership, initiative, and commitment to delivering successful project outcomes

• Excellent German and English language skills, both written and spoken

• Passion for innovation and the successful delivery of advanced technology solutions

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Andre Grunzel, Matthias Sonnentag