Level: Experienced

Job Field: Project, Embedded

Employment Type: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent employment

Salary: from 70.000 € Gross/Year

Location: Vienna

Working Model: Hybrid, Onsite

Job Summary

In this role, you lead a team of developers, create project plans, and monitor the progress of safety-critical railway systems while communicating with stakeholders and managing risks.

Your role in the team

Management of a development team of approximately 10 people.
Responsible for competency management, strategy setting, and monitoring progress towards objectives.
Contribution to the development of project plans regarding scope, schedules, efforts, costs, and dependencies in close collaboration with program management.
Ensure the achievement of technical project milestones to meet or exceed goals and customer expectations.
Build trust among various internal and external stakeholders, eliminate non-value-adding activities and obstacles, and also find creative ways to accelerate project execution.
Communicate status and critical issues clearly in a brief and concise format.
Managing issues and risks, creating mitigation plans, and escalating relevant stakeholders as needed.
Work in the field of safety-critical systems.

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Our expectations of you

Education

Technical education, preferably master's degree programs in computer science or similar fields.

Qualifications

Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and delegation skills.
Project management skills are considered useful.
A positive attitude and perseverance are crucial to succeed in this role.
Competitive mindset, strong desire for success.
Negotiation-level German and good English proficiency.

Experience

At least 3 years of experience in technical team management in engineering projects.
Experience in traditional and agile software development, software integration.
Experience in an industry sector such as automotive, telecommunications, or process control, as well as knowledge of safety-critical systems, especially railway signaling systems, are considered advantageous.

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What we offer

The salary for this position starts at €70,000 gross per year. The actual compensation is based on experience and qualifications.
Excellent accessibility by public transport (Vienna, Handelskai) and subsidies for local public transportation.
Flexible working hours and, depending on the position, up to 60% remote work.
Christmas and New Year's Eve are for family - Hitachi Rail Austria offers you holidays on December 24th and December 31st.
Employee discounts (canteen, shops, corporate benefits, tickets, etc.).
Various training opportunities - online, in-house, and external courses.
A stable employer in a collegial and international environment.