About this role
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