System Design Engineer 2

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 Systems Design Engineer 2 will provide direction and leadership in system architecture and design; specify and validate systems and subsystems; development, verification and validation of algorithms; and contribute to overall system architecture and design.


* Work and interact as part of the systems design group within R&D.

Interact closely with other functional groups within the R&D department as well as Product Marketing and Manufacturing Engineering.


* Work and interact 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.


* 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 in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Sciences.

"Generalists" are preferred over "Specialists".


* • Experience in image processing techniques and/or optical systems design.


* • Experience in system specification tradeoffs, development and integration of complex products, preferably medical electronic instruments.


* • Excellent interpersonal 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, Labview, Mathematica), PC applications and OEM integration, Displays, medical safety/regulatory agency compliance tes...