R&D Project Manager

If you are an enthusiastic professional interested in being part of a fast-growing company with strong engineering and research culture, we are looking for a passionate Innovation Project Leader to join the team and help us.

Disruptor mobility tech companies like Technica are leading the changes in the electronics architecture that are needed by industry to accelerate the arrival of software-defined vehicles(SDV) era, and our ability to deliver rapid prototyping hardware and software, is more critical than ever.

Technica is a product-oriented company, that continuously reinvest to stay ahead of the curve, and our interdisciplinary team composed by hardware and software experts is focused on the development of company own products roadmap and on innovative R&D electronics development projects with major customers.

“The ideal candidate has a background in programming, networking and electronics and has already experience in the daily tasks related with the management of research projects.”

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• Identify R&D opportunities with leadership and align them with company goals.

• Define research projects with internal technical area teams and external partners.

• Help plan budgets and coordinate teams for proposal preparation.

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver R&D projects on EU and national levels on time, within budget and according to expected quality levels.

• Support technical reviews, results validation and elaboration of deliverables.

• Stay updated on tech trends through curiosity and self-learning to guide new project ideas and align current customer projects with research ones.

• Develop and manage risk mitigation and contingency plans.

• Define project communication strategy as well as dissemination activities.

• Facilitate meetings among teams and external collaborators.

• Represent the company at EU and national consortium events.

• Report progress and issues clearly to internal teams and partners.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Full flexibility to manage hybrid work model, depending on the tasks.

• Attractive professional career development close to different areas related to electronics development, software development, in-vehicle networking technologies / protocols and web applications / cloud platforms to support our projects and products.

• Company culture oriented to research engineering and a clear reinvestment mindset in research and know-how acquisition.

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation in automotive industry within a company working as pure R&D partner for main European OEMs.

• High diversity of state-of-the-art projects with technologies 3-4 years beyond what is currently in series production vehicles.

• Opportunity to work in an international environment within a diverse team. International mobility options available to discuss case-by-case.

• 30 working days as holidays, with full flexibility to manage them.

• Private health insurance.

• Regular team building activities with specific company budget.

• Opportunity to further expand your training, from personal abilities to technical areas.

For additional information in case you want to know more about us, check our website: https://technica-engineering.de/en/

SKILLS

• Project management experience in automotive, telecom or software development industry. Automotive is not a must.

• Strong engineering background, ideally in telecom or computer science

• Quick learner with ability to grasp complex tech concepts without deep detail.

• Strong analytical and investigation skills for early-stage tech research projects.

• Solid knowledge of agile methodologies.

• Proficient in supporting tools for agile methodologies like JIRA, Confluence or Trello.

• Desirable previous experience on development roles before moving to project management.

• Desirable experience in start-up or scaling growth environments.

• Collaborative and patient, able to build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Skilled in managing partnerships and business relationships.

• Able to prioritize and multitask under pressure in an autonomous way.

• Highly detail-oriented person with a passion for being proactive in finding solutions.

• Trustworthy with a strong work ethic and care for confidentiality.

• Fluency in local languages and working fluency in English is a must, basic German is nice to have but not required.