Master Thesis Student in Diamond Turning and Metrology (f/m/x) in Aalen

Your role

• Contribute to the development, and maintenance of diamond turning and metrology equipment.
• Operate, and improve an ultra-precision diamond turning laboratory to manufacture optical molds in optical quality, including setup, basic programming/parameter input, and in-process checks.
• Prepare, mount, and handle workpieces and tools, ensuring cleanliness and proper clamping/fixturing.
• Perform measurement tasks using a wide portfolio of metrology devices (e.g., surface profilers, interferometers, coordinate or form measuring systems) to verify optical and geometrical specifications.
• Support in routine measurement tasks.
• Document manufacturing parameters, measurement results, and deviations in a structured way.

Your profile

• Technical or applied studies in optics, electronics, mechanics, physics, or mathematics.
• Professional experience in an optical, mechanical, or electronics laboratory or workshop environment.
• Prior exposure to precision manufacturing or metrology equipment is highly desirable.
• Fundamental understanding of optics, mechanics, and precision manufacturing principles.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory or workshop instruments, such as alignment tools, microscopes, and measuring devices.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or Python for basic data processing and analysis.
• NC programming is advantageous.
• Strong mathematical skills for interpreting measurement results and tolerances.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a structured, meticulous, and reliable manner, with a pronounced hands-on approach.
• Proficient in English.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Ronan McHugh, Selina Safradin

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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