ZF Group supplies drivetrain, safety, automated-driving and e-mobility systems to vehicle makers and off-highway markets. Its stack pairs automotive embedded tooling (CANoe, CANape, IBM DOORS) and factory automation (TIA Portal, TwinCAT, KUKA, Fanuc) with a Databricks/Spark data layer on Azure and AWS, while early RAG and SAP HANA adoption points to AI and ERP modernization. Engineering-led, accelerating hiring centers on Industry 4.0 and logistics digitization.
Notable leadership hires: Technical Lead Functional Safety, IT Team Lead, Technical Lead .NET Core
ZF Group is a German mobility technology manufacturer headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1915 and privately held. It builds components and systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, covering vehicle motion control, integrated safety, automated driving and electrification. Beyond automotive, it serves construction and agricultural machinery, wind power, marine propulsion, rail drives and test systems. The company employs more than 10,000 people and runs production across many countries, with current hiring spanning Europe, North America and Asia.
ZF uses Creo, Windchill, CANoe, CANape, IBM DOORS, SAP, Python, C#/.NET, Azure, AWS, Databricks, Apache Spark, Power BI and PLC tools like TIA Portal and Beckhoff TwinCAT, and is adopting RAG and SAP HANA.
ZF is hiring in Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Sweden, the United States, Canada, India, China and Malaysia, with engineering the largest hiring focus.
Current initiatives include a new high-tech distribution center, logistics automation, an Industry 4.0 roadmap, HIL test benches for HPC ECUs, PLC integration and smart manufacturing data solutions.
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