Senior Scientist (m/f/x) AI-Driven Optical System Development

Your Role

You are passionate about combining scientific excellence with technical leadership and want to actively shape the transformation towards AI-driven development workflows? In this role, you will take on a central position in leading and coordinating innovative projects in the field of optical system design. As a Senior Scientist (m/f/x), you act as a key interface between research, development, and application. You ensure that complex, interdisciplinary initiatives are executed efficiently, purposefully, and aligned with strategic objectives. A strong focus of your role will be effective stakeholder management across the ZEISS Innovation Ecosystem.

Your Responsibilities

- Lead and coordinate innovation-driven technical projects in the area of model-, data-, and AI-driven design workflows

- Define project goals, milestones, and deliverables in close alignment with key stakeholders

- Drive stakeholder management across business units, functions, and organizational levels

- Ensure technical consistency and quality of developed solutions

- Facilitate and steer interdisciplinary teams comprising scientists, software engineers, and system engineers

- Identify dependencies, synergies, and risks within complex project landscapes

- Support the transfer of research results into sustainable industrial applications

- Contribute to continuous improvement of methods and best practices in technical project leadership

Your Profile

- PhD in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

- Several years of experience in leading complex technical projects

- Strong expertise in optics, simulation, machine learning, or scientific computing

- Proven ability to structure and manage complex topics

- Experience in stakeholder and interface management

- Excellent communication skills across organizational levels ZEISS classification: Confidential

- Strategic mindset with hands-on execution focus

- High level of initiative and team orientation

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Friederike Kirklar-Harms, Selina Riccio