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

For a variety of modern optical systems, reliable characterization and simulation of wave-optical propagation effects is crucial. Depending on the application, this may involve selecting, adapting, or comparing different numerical approaches, ranging from efficient wave-propagation algorithms to rigorous solvers such as finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods and related techniques. The choice of a suitable method with respect to numerical complexity, performance, and accuracy therefore plays a fundamental role. As part of this internship or thesis, promising approaches will be investigated and compared for relevant application examples, such as optical waveguides, photonic integrated circuits, printed micro-optic components, or semiconductor optics. This project within ZEISS Corporate Research and Technology provides insight into a highly dynamic R&D environment with many exciting research fields.

Your Role

Screen literature and open-source codebases

Select suitable wave-optical propagation algorithms and approaches 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 tools and 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 and 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