Software Engineer, X-ray Source Development

About Us:

How many companies can say they've been in business for over 179 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: Dublin, CA

What's the role?

The Software Engineer supports the development, automation, testing, and continuous improvement of manufacturing and engineering processes for advanced X-ray source products.

This position combines software development, manufacturing automation, data analysis, and hands-on engineering support to improve production efficiency, product reliability, test capability, and data-driven decision-making.

The Software Engineer develops tools that automate production and test activities, acquires and processes engineering data, and provides analytical capabilities to characterize product performance and reliability.

Working closely with manufacturing, test, reliability, and engineering teams, the role may also support production equipment and X-ray source testing as needed.

Sound Interesting?

Here's what you'll do:

Software Development & Manufacturing Automation


* Design, develop, test, and maintain software tools that automate manufacturing, engineering, and production-test processes.



* Develop automated data-acquisition solutions for collecting engineering and production information from test equipment.



* Develop scripts and utilities for processing large quantities of production and test data.



* Improve existing automation by increasing execution efficiency, reducing manual operations, and enabling parallel data-processing activities where appropriate.



* Develop methods for organizing and correlating production data, test results, product history, operating hours, and component serial-number information.



* Support the development and implementation of production and final-test automation, including automated acquisition of vacuum, emitter, and heater metrics.

Production Test & Engineering Support


* Support engineering and manufacturing teams with the execution and troubleshooting of production-test processes.



* Operate and support automated and semi-automated test equipment used for X-ray source conditioning, calibration, characterization, and final verification.



* Assist with high-voltage conditioning, emitter testing, focus and spot calibration, astigmatism correction, randomizer testing, droop verification, write-to-flash operatio...