GROUPLEADER DEVELOPMENT - RAILWAY SYSTEMS (F/M/X)

Hitachi Rail in Austria is a full system provider and global supplier of route and train control technology and traffic management systems (e.g. Electronic interlockings, Field elements, Operation Control Centers and dispatching systems, European Train Control System (ETCS)).

As part of the route control product development team you are responsible for the technical coordination of the development and integration of components for new versions of interlocking solutions. With your technical knowledge and your expertise in managing technical teams, you are the right person for this position. Join us now at Hitachi Rail in Austria!

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Leading a development team of ~10 people
• Responsible for skill management, setting the strategy, and monitoring progress towards goals.
• Contributing to the creation of project plans regarding scope, timelines, efforts, costs and dependencies in strong cooperation with the program management
• Ensure technical project milestone fulfillment to achieve goals and meet or exceed customer expectations
• Establish trust with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, eliminating non-value-added activities and blockers and also finding creative ways to accelerate project delivery
• Communicate status and critical issues clearly in a short and concise format
• Manage issues and risks, create mitigation plans and escalate to appropriate stakeholders as necessary
• Working in the area of safety critical systems

YOUR PROFILE

• Technical education, preferably Master studies in Computer Science or similar
• Minimum 3 years experience with technical team management on engineering projects
• Experience in traditional and agile software development, software integration
• Experience in an industrial sector like automotive, telecom or process control as well as knowledge of safety critical systems, especially rail signaling systems, are considered beneficial
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and delegation skills
• Project management knowledge is considered as beneficial
• Positive attitude and persistence are key to succeed in this role
• Competitive mindset, strong desire to achieve
• Excellent level of German and good level of English

WE OFFER

• The salary for this position starts at EUR 70.000 gross p.a. Actual compensation is based on experience and qualification.
• Very good accessibility by public transport (Vienna Handelskai) & subsidies for public transport
• Flexible working hours and, depending on the position, up to 60% home office