Process Development Engineer – Advanced Cleaning & Contamination Control (m/f/x)

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

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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.

Become part of an interdisciplinary team of engineers, chemists and materials scientists working at – and pushing – the limits of what is technically possible. We achieve this through a vibrant culture of open exchange, feedback, and collaboration.

Your Role

• You develop wet and dry cleaning processes for mechanical, electronic and mechatronic components in our DUV (deep ultraviolet) and EUV (extreme ultraviolet) systems – both in-house and within our supplier network – to meet the highest cleanliness standards of the semiconductor industry.
• You design and implement concepts to prevent (re-)contamination during the processing of parts, modules and systems in our production facilities and cleanrooms.
• In the event of process deviations, you support internal and external partners in root cause analysis, defining immediate containment actions and implementing sustainable corrective measures.
• You take ownership of specific work packages in terms of timing, cost and performance and you report status updates regularly to project management.
• You actively manage interfaces and ensure effective information flow within your interdisciplinary project team and with other internal and external stakeholders.

• You have successfully completed a degree in chemistry, physics, materials science or a comparable field, ideally with a PhD.
• You have prior knowledge in at least one of the following areas: wet cleaning, ultra-high vacuum technology, and/or surface and materials analysis (e.g. XPS, residual gas analysis, TOF-SIMS, ICP-OES, particle measurement/contamination metrology).
• You are a strong team player: you demonstrate pronounced customer orientation, excellent communication skills, and a high level of emotional intelligence. You remain confident, respectful, and solution-focused in discussions and conflict situations.
• You are characterized by initiative and goal orientation, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a practical, hands-on approach.
• You have very good German and English language skills, both written and spoken.
• The position is suitable for early-career professionals. We will provide the necessary technical and domain-specific knowledge during your onboarding and through on-the-job training with your colleagues.

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