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Why work for ZEISS?

With your motivation and passion, you'll fit right in!

There is more than one path that leads to an interesting and exciting professional future. Great prospects and projects close to your heart await at ZEISS – no matter which area you worked in before or how you plan to enter into your new career. We're looking for people who are empathetic and passionate, who are committed to achieving their goals, and who get excited about challenging topics. People who deliver top performance and push the limits of what's possible. Who always strive to develop, accept responsibility and take society into the future.

As part of the global Team ZEISS.

Real people. Real stories.

How does it feel to work at ZEISS?

Ready to have a look behind the scenes? Ready to meet real ZEISS employees from different countries and continents in different professions? Ready to learn more about their specific tasks, projects and how they fit into the bigger picture? In the second season of ZEISS RealTalk, we offer you an authentic insight into our world of work. Employees share their personal job experiences and first-hand stories with you – honest and unfiltered. Whether you are looking for inspiration for your career path or are simply curious about what happens behind the scenes – you will find the answers at ZEISS RealTalk.

Culture at ZEISS

A global technology leader in the 21st century: room for development, individual goals, a cooperative leadership style – are these phrases excluded from your jobs' lexicon? Not with us! Our employees are open and honest when it comes to talking about ZEISS as an employer.

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It's all about the mixture – how we build strong and effective teams at ZEISS
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We work with people, not resources – leadership at ZEISS
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Can you combine a family and career at ZEISS?
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The ZEISS Expert Ladder for technical experts

Diversity at ZEISS

At ZEISS, we know that the diversity of our employees' backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills is indispensable. Diversity enables us to better understand the needs of our customers, to develop innovative solutions and thus ensure the company's long-term success.

But to unlock their full potential, diverse teams need an inclusive work environment. That's why ZEISS is dedicated to nurturing both cognitive diversity and inclusion, ensuring that every employee contributes to our collective success.

"ZEISS strength lies in our ability to collaborate and harness collective intelligence. Diverse teams form one of our cultural guiding themes. To unlock the full potential of each employee, we also must foster an inclusive decision making and a psychologically safe environment. This approach not only empowers individual growth but also drives our innovation and strengthens our competitive edge as a company."

Sandra Subel (she/her) Head of People Experience & DEIB

Your benefits at ZEISS

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Remuneration

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Professional development

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Personal development

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You are so important to us.

As a foundation-owned company, ZEISS takes its social responsibility very seriously, especially toward its employees. This includes additional company offers for different stages in life. We are a family-friendly company that promotes health, and we offer attractive pay and numerous employee perks. As a global technology leader, we employ many people with exceptional technical knowledge and valuable expertise. The ZEISS Expert Ladder explicitly supports and facilitates this. It is a program that offers the opportunity to pursue personal development as an alternative to a management career, emphasizing expert knowledge and the role model function. We also promote international knowledge sharing through our Global Mobility Program. As we see ourselves as a learning organization, in addition to numerous training options in technical areas, you can benefit from a large number of training modules on improving social skills via our internal learning platform when you work for us.

Our employees are the innovative power and drive behind our company.

That's why you're so important to us.

What sets us apart?

We have been innovating since 1846: ZEISS is a global technology leader operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. We push the limits of what's technologically possible, shape markets while contributing to the advancement of society.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Industrial Quality & Research
Medical Technology
Consumer Markets

Our products & solutions

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Innovative Solutions
The semiconductor industry, e-mobility providers, Nobel Prize winners, medical clinics and ophthalmologists, film makers and eye care practitioners – to name but a few – rely on ZEISS. Its optics are needed to manufacture microchips, research infectious diseases, manage the quality of electric cars and windmills, provide the best possible treatment for brain and eye surgery or create award-winning films.

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