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Internship/ Thesis – Wave Optical Propagation for Micro-optical Structures (m/f/x)

Zeissgroup

Oberkochen; Jena, GermanyPosted 1 month agoFull-time

Job details

Company

Zeissgroup

Location

Oberkochen; Jena, Germany

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Intern

Primary category

Materials & Optical Engineering

Posted date

26 Mar 2026

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Job description

Your role

With us, you have the opportunity to perfectly combine your studies with practical experience while actively contributing to exciting projects. This allows you to gain valuable skills, expand your network, and grow both professionally and personally. For a variety of modern optical systems, characterization and simulations using wave optical propagation algorithms is crucial. The selection of an appropriate method regarding numerical complexity, performance, and accuracy plays a fundamental role. As part of this internship or thesis, various algorithms for relevant application examples, such as optical waveguides or printed micro-optic components, will be investigated and quantitatively compared. This collaboration project with ZEISS Corporate Research and Technology provides insights into a highly dynamic R&D environment with many exciting research fields.

  • Select suitable wave-optical propagation algorithms from in-house or open-source implementations

  • Select relevant use cases and appropriate evaluation metrics

  • Develop Python code for the evaluation and visualization of various propagation algorithms for selected applications

  • Conduct simulations and analyze results

  • Document and present results

Your profile
  • You are enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master's program of physics, optics, or mathematics

  • You have basic knowledge of optics

  • You have basic programming skills in python

  • You have excellent organization, problem-solving, communication, and innovation skills

  • You are fluent in English or German​

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records, etc.).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Franziska Gansloser

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