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About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Job Description:

GROUPLEADER SW DEVELOPMENT - RAILWAY SYSTEMS (F/M/D)

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 product development team you are responsible for the technical coordination of development and integration of components for new versions of traffic management 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 SW development team of 30 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 SW engineering projects

• Experience in traditional and agile software development cloud computing 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 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

• Hitachi Rail gives you holidays on Christmas (24.12) and New Years Eve (31.12)

• Discounts for employees (canteen shops corporate benefits tickets etc.)

• Various training opportunities - online internal and external training courses

• A stable employer in a collegial and international environment

WHO WE ARE

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at Hitachi Rail there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background age gender sexuality family status disability race nationality ethnicity religion and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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