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Head of Firmware Development/Embedded Systems

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  • Level
    Lead
  • Job Field
    IT, Embedded, Security
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Location
    Oberkochen
  • Working Model
    Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you lead a team of firmware developers, design firmware solutions for embedded systems, and ensure high quality standards in software development using agile methods and appropriate technologies.

    Job Technologies

    Your role in the team

    • You will assume both technical and disciplinary leadership of a team of firmware and algorithms developers and actively shape the future of our product development in an internationally operating company.
    • They promote the professional and personal development of their team members through targeted coaching, training, as well as regular, constructive feedback, and establish a trusting, appreciative feedback culture.
    • In close coordination with hardware development, quality assurance, product management, and other international stakeholders, you ensure an integrated, seamless product development process.
    • You are responsible for the conception and further development of firmware solutions for real-time and embedded systems, making architecture decisions and ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.
    • They establish and optimize software engineering standards (e.g., code reviews, CI/CD, test strategies, coding guidelines) and ensure a high quality, reliability, and security of the developed firmware.
    • They ensure that legal and normative requirements as well as cyber security specifications are considered and implemented in all development processes within the embedded environment.
    • They identify relevant technologies, tools, and trends related to firmware, real-time, and embedded systems, and integrate them purposefully into our development processes.

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    Our expectations of you

    Education

    • Completed degree in Computer Science, Technical Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable technical field of study.

    Qualifications

    • You empower your team to drive topics independently, create clarity in goals and priorities, and foster open, transparent communication.
    • Strong analytical skills, a structured and solution-oriented work approach, and a high quality awareness.

    Experience

    • Several years of experience in firmware/embedded development as well as experience in disciplinary and/or lateral leadership of development teams. Solid knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, as well as real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded systems.
    • Experience in implementing modern and agile development methodologies (e.g., Git, Agile, Scrum)
    • Ideally, you already have experience with legal and normative requirements (e.g., in industrial/device development) as well as with cyber security standards in the embedded environment.

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    Job Locations

    • Location Oberkochen

      73447 Baden-Württemberg

      Germany

    This is your employer

    Carl Zeiss AG

    Carl Zeiss AG

    ZEISS is a world-leading technology company that is active in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the last financial year, ZEISS generated sales revenues of more than 6.4 billion euros through its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (as at 30 September 2019).

    Description

  • Company Size
    50-249 Employees
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Industry, Production
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    Head of Firmware Development/Embedded Systems

    Location
    Oberkochen
    Working Model
    Onsite
    Diversity
    Open for all genders

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