Process Developer Microoptics
Original title: Prozessentwickler Microoptics (m/
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Start Date
On request
Sector
Optics and Photonics
Salary
Competitive salary
Listing data as of November 3, 2026
About this Apprenticeship
ZEISS Microoptics, a unit of the Photonics & Optics business group, specializes in developing, optimizing, replicating and integrating optical applications based on micro-optical and holographic optical elements. In the new Aerospace business group, you develop optical systems for aviation, such as head-up displays and transparent cabin displays.
What You'll Learn
- Contribute to development projects in micro-optics with a focus on microstructure replication and lithographic processes
- Production and validation of diffraction gratings
- Perform various measurement tasks and evaluate them, including atomic force and light microscopy, scattered light, diffraction efficiency and wavefront measurement
- Maintenance, testing and qualification of laboratory and measuring equipment
- Close collaboration on qualifying metrology for validating the micro-optical products, including long-term stability tests
- Development of manufacturing processes and transfer to series production
- Development, setup and organization of cleanroom structures and processes with a main focus on series-ready production
Requirements
- Completed degree in a natural science or engineering discipline
- Several years of professional experience in microstructuring, (micro-)optics and optical metrology
- Willingness to learn and desire to keep developing
- Structured, independent, quality-conscious and solution-oriented way of working in a familial team
- Meticulousness and sensitivity combined with a pragmatic approach
- Enjoyment and experience of working in a cleanroom environment
- Software skills: MS Office, ideally Matlab / Python or similar
- Good German and English skills, spoken and written
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