Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Campus Nord

Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Teilweise Home-Office

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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Your role

ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions is a global leader in the manufacture of microscopy systems for visualizing the tiniest structures and particles in research and science. Our light, electron, and X-ray microscopes, as well as software solutions that leverage AI technology, enable groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences, materials and industrial research, as well as in education and clinical practice. Renowned scientists rely on ZEISS microscopes for their research, including, in earlier times, Robert Koch, who discovered the tuberculosis pathogen around 1900.

Your role

track trends and new requirements in microscopy and derive new business fields and products
conduct customer and sales surveys to identify customer needs in different microscopy applications
design, implement and evaluate proposals for novel microscopy approaches
plan and carry out application measurements (internally and at the customer's premises)
establish and maintain a network with the customer and scientific consultants

Your profile

University degree ideally with a doctorate in the field of life sciences (biology, biophysics, etc.) or a comparable qualification
expertise on current imaging technologies in materials science or life science research
good networking in the academic research landscape
curiosity, enthusiasm and commitment to innovative future topics
a responsible, driving, creative and teamoriented way of working as well as distinctive communication skills
business fluent in English
willingness to travel worldwide