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Siemens SW Technical Manager (Locomotive Control Systems) in Prague, Czech Republic

Job Family: Engineering

Req ID: 414886

Becoming a technical manager in Engineering means coordinating a highly skilled team of specialists across several subject areas and countries, taking ownership for implementing customer requirements, and crafting appropriate solutions. We have and continue to develop a great technical product - the Vectron platform locomotive , of which more than 1,500 units are currently in operation across Europe. Are you interested in leading a project team, coordinating activities related to the development of software for the most modern locomotives? Then we are looking for you!

Main responsibilities:

  • Technical management of multidisciplinary international project teams focused on engineering with a main emphasis on the Vectron platform

  • Planning and defining project activities, project milestones, and supervising schedule compliance

  • Team coordination of development related to the processing of individual SW versions of the vehicle

  • Management of the development of new and modified vehicle control system functions considering approval and homologation processes

  • Response to new technical and approval requirements within the development of new functions, including customer, platform, and regulatory requirements

  • Calculation of hour requirements, controlling, and reporting of completed tasks

  • Cooperation and support in the testing and approval of vehicles across Europe, both in the laboratory and on the test track

  • Communication with project management, other project managers, production, and test engineers

Key qualifications:

  • Higher education in electrical engineering

  • Experience in software development

  • Practical experience in project management - in terms of technical project management in development

  • English and Czech language for everyday professional work

  • Systematic, careful approach and the ability to see things in context

  • Time flexibility for business trips, especially to Germany (Munich, Erlangen)

We appreciate if you additionally have:

  • Experience in the field of railway vehicles

  • Knowledge of the German language

Join us and enjoy following benefits:

  • The possibility to co-design the most up-to-date rail vehicles for the whole world – our work is not created to be hidden away

  • Open opportunities in expert and management career growth

  • Signing bonus in the amount of CZK 50,000

  • Up to 33 days of holidays/year

  • Flexible working hours (fix part from 10AM to 2PM)

  • Company kindergarten near the workplace in Prague and Ostrava

  • Home office to support your work-life balance

  • Annual budget of CZK 48,000 in our Cafeteria to be used for various leisure activities

...For more benefits click here (http://%20https/mobility.siemens.cz/jobs/en/benefits/)

If the topic of sustainable transport and modern transport-related solutions is close to your heart, then you're one of us!

Siemens Mobility has been a leader in sustainable, reliable, and safe transport solutions for more than 160 years. We have a staff of over 700 employees in the Czech Republic. We are also home to the second largest rolling stock development centre globally (over 350 colleagues). We work on projects for the whole world, from defining requirements, to SW/HW and mechanics development, to addressing cross-cutting themes at a vehicle level.

We influence the lives of hundreds of thousands of passengers every day. You can ride our fully automated metro in Vienna, or take a high-speed train direct from London to Amsterdam, for example. You can also often meet Taurus, the world's fastest locomotive, on Czech railway lines.

Our current projects include the construction of a complete rail infrastructure and the delivery of long-distance and high-speed units for Egypt ( "Suez on rails" (https://www.siemens.cz/press/siemens-mobility-podepsal-smlouvu-na-zeleznicni-system-na-klic-v-egypte-v-hodnote-3-miliard-usd) ). But we also deal with topics such as battery or hydrogen powertrains, autonomous driving, and related functional safety.

Is your CV not ready or do you need more information? Contact me at jana.fatkova@siemens.com (jana.holasova@siemens.com) or on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/fatkovajana) , where I share more about current company activities and our projects. I will be happy to add you to my contacts for potential future cooperation!

Please, kindly note, that we are currently accepting for our open roles only candidates, who can start immediately, which means they are eligible to work in the Czech Republic.

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