Staff Systems Design Engineer (Finance)

About Us:

How many companies can say they've been in business for over 177 years?!

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

Location/Region: This position is located in Dublin, CA ZICC office.

What's the role?

Sound Interesting? Here's what you'll do:

• The Staff Systems Design Engineer will architect, design, specify and validate systems and subsystems;
• develop algorithms; and contribute to overall system architecture and design.
• Provide direction and leadership in system architecture and design.
• Work extensively with Marketing and Engineering to define, analyze, detail, and document
• specifications for tradeoffs, performance, features, controls, and operation of products into a form
• suitable for product implementation.
• Contribute to the designs as required; this may include development, verification, and validation of
• algorithms.
• Lead system integration of the specialist areas of a product.
• Plan and conduct in-depth reviews, testing and verifications/validation of product features.
• Critically analyze and verify system performance through simulation, test, and measurements.
• Specify and develop improvements or enhancements to existing products and champion implementation
• if necessary.
• Provide technical direction at systems level to other team members.

Do you qualify?

• Advanced degree desirable, Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Sciences and a minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience. A Ph.D. degree in one of the above areas would be desirable and substitute for possible lack of work experience. "Generalists" are preferred over "Specialists".
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in image processing techniques and/or optical systems design two (2) plus years experience
• in system specification tradeoffs, development and integration of complex products, preferably medical
• electronic instruments.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Marketing and with other engineering groups in resolving design
• trade-offs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Knowledge of or prior work experience in one or more of the following subject areas would be helpful:
• Medical electronic instruments, ophthalmic instruments, imaging or non-imaging optics, image
• processing, machine vision systems, human vision, modeling and simulation tools (MATLAB, Martrixx,
• Mathematica), PC applications and OEM

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical

• Vision

• Dental

• 401 K Matching

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Vacation and sick pay

• The list goes on!

The annual pay range for this position is $152,000 - $190,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.

This position is eligible for a Performance Bonus.

ZEISS also offers robust benefits, including medical plans, retirement savings plan and paid time off. The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Jo Anne Mittelman

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).