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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.

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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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We invite you to join our research team that works on surgical assistance functions as an expert for biomechanical simulations to shape the future of microsurgery. Together with surgeons, our medical business unit, academic partners, and students we are exploring assistance functions for microsurgery which make surgery more reliable, increase reproducibility, and improve surgical outcomes. At the ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT we are turning today's research into tomorrow's applications in close cooperation with our partners. Located at the north campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), you will work in close vicinity to world-leading research institutes and with many startups co-located in the brand-new building.

  • Plan, initiate and execute biomechanical tissue simulation projects together with internal and external cooperation partners.
  • Contribute to the iterative design of new medical devices, the study of new surgical approaches, and the development of innovative surgical assistance functions, based on biomechanical simulations.
  • Advance our biomechanical simulation tool landscape and the corresponding interfaces.
  • Coordinate experiments which demonstrate the agreement between your simulations and real tissue behavior.
  • Manage a network of internal and external partners who contribute technological expertise and application know-how.
  • Provide technical guidance to students and colleagues


  • A Master's degree or PhD in engineering, applied mathematics, natural sciences, or medicine, ideally with 3-5 years work experience in academia or in high-tech industry.
  • Broad experience in biomechanical simulations, with a focus on the finite element method.
  • Experience with Ansys and/or SOFA is a plus.
  • Programming skills in Python, Matlab and/or C++.
  • Ideally first experience in project management and coordination of external networks and partners.
  • An independent and systematic way of working as well as very good organizational skills.
  • Passion for innovation and enthusiasm for new technologies as well as fun working in agile, interdisciplinary teams.

  • Young, motivated team with close links to academia and a large and active student community.
  • Agile work environment with the possibility to work on various tasks for innovative medical applications.
  • Modern office culture with flexible working hours.
  • Benefits and security of a strong and growing corporation.
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