
Master Thesis Student in Diamond Turning and Metrology (f/m/x)
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Job description
ZEISS Group posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Aalen: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits.
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Description provided by ZEISS Group
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
Working student essentials
What this Engineering working student role in Aalen means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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