Apply on Employer Site

ZEISS Group · 8 hours ago

Senior Systems Software Engineer

Osseo, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $138K/yr

5+ years exp

ZEISS Group is a global company with over 177 years of experience, focusing on innovation and technology for a sustainable future. The Senior Systems Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing systems software for automation in semiconductor advanced packaging, collaborating with various teams to ensure robust and scalable solutions.

HardwareManufacturingPhotography

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement back-end services and interfaces (primarily gRPC) that integrate third-party automation systems with ZEISS Inspect for CT-based advanced packaging inspection

Own service-level concerns including performance, reliability, observability, fault tolerance, and secure deployment of production services

Develop and maintain automated test pipelines (unit, integration, hardware-/system-in-the-loop) and contribute to CI/CD workflows (builds, artifacts, deployments)

Collaborate closely with automation, controls, metrology, and machine learning teams across IQS and SMT to refine requirements and deliver production-ready integrations

Implement and tune data exchange/serialization mechanisms (e.g., Protocol Buffers) and support secure, role-appropriate service communication

Instrument services for metrics, logging, and tracing to support robust monitoring and rapid issue diagnosis

Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices, coding standards, and architecture patterns

Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks for deployment, support, and handover to operations and field organizations

Support investigation and resolution of escalated production issues related to CT automation software components

Qualification

C++C#GRPCDevOpsPythonAutomated testingContainerizationTechnical documentationCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred

5+ years of professional software engineering experience in back-end or systems software roles

Strong coding proficiency in C++ and C# with working proficiency in Python

Demonstrated experience building server architectures and networked services (ideally gRPC or similar RPC frameworks)

Hands-on experience with DevOps and testing pipelines (e.g., Git-based CI, automated builds/tests, artifact management, deployments)

Solid software engineering fundamentals: version control, code reviews, debugging/profiling, and writing maintainable, testable code

Preferred

Experience with industrial/automation systems: robots, motion controllers, PLCs, machine controllers, or factory MES

Experience with Windows and Linux service development, containerization (e.g., Docker), and orchestration environments

Knowledge of observability practices (metrics/logging/tracing) and performance tuning for high-throughput systems

Familiarity with data exchange/serialization (Protocol Buffers) and secure service communication / RBAC concepts

Experience with imaging/vision, CT, metrology, or semiconductor manufacturing environments

Benefits

Medical plans

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Company

ZEISS Group

Glassdoor4.0

Zeiss is a manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements, and medical devices.

Founded in 1846

Oberkochen, Baden-Wurttemberg, DEU

10001+ employees

http://www.zeiss.com

H1B Sponsorship

ZEISS Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (2)

2024 (3)

2023 (1)

2021 (6)