R&D Project Manager

The era of software-defined vehicles has already arrived, and mobility industry is using software to drive innovation and create new business models and deliver more services to end consumers. To accelerate this vision, disruptor mobility tech companies like Technica are leading the changes in the electronics architecture that are needed by the industry, with our ability to deliver rapid prototyping hardware and software, being more critical than ever.

To develop this vision, we @Technica-Engineering built four years ago a completely new engineering team located in Barcelona area, which is working closely in contact with our company headquarters in Munich.

Technica is a product-oriented company, that continuously reinvest to stay ahead of the curve, so 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.

Therefore, 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 Project Leader / Manager for R&D projects to join the team and help us.

“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

• Collaborate with management board and engineering team leaders to identify know-how expansion opportunities through research investments, and to clearly define related activities, aligning them with objectives defined on vertical markets of interest.
• Participate in initial definition of the innovation and research projects, internally in collaboration with the different technical groups and externally aligning with the potential collaborating partners.
• Participate in the budget elaboration and coordination of the different teams that need to be aligned during the presentation of proposals.
• Lead a cross-functional team of developers to successfully execute R&D projects at both European and national levels, ensuring adherence to planned budget allocation, achievement of project objectives and roadmap within designated timelines, and guaranteeing the quality of deliverables.
• Work closely with the technical team in the review of planned implementation, validation of results and elaboration of technical deliverables.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and emerging technologies through rigorous investigation and continuous self-learning, ensuring the identification of potential new projects and aligning current project work items with their appropriate scopes.
• Implement risk management strategies for those projects, elaborating plans to mitigate risks and establishing contingency plans for effective control.
• Define and coordinate project communication strategy as well as dissemination activities in the scope of those projects.
• Lead the project meetings during the execution of the project either between the different technical/business teams and with outside collaborators/partners.
• Represent Technica at consortium events in collaborative projects at EU or national level.
• Generate accurate periodic reporting of progress and blocking points, to be able to communicate efficiently with the internal team and our 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 with no politics and a clear reinvestment mindset in research. Company made by engineers and managed by engineers.
• Opportunity to be introduced in automotive market 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

• Previous professional experience in project management roles on automotive, telecommunications or software development industry. Automotive is not a must.
• Strong engineering background (preferably telecommunications or computer science) and desirable previous experience on development roles before switching to project management.
• Continuous learning mindset in a technological context combined with executive synthesis skills, to quickly get a grasp on any new technological concept without needing to know deeply all details.
• Strong analytical and investigation skills to work in research projects with new technologies in early design phases.
• Good knowledge and application of agile methodologies.
• Good know-how of tools for project management using agile methodologies (for example Trello, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Desirable experience in start-up or mid-scale growth environments.
• Desirable project management certifications (IPMA, CAPM, PMP, PRINCE2, or any others)
• Friendly person with the patience and ability to build effective working relationships with people from very different backgrounds and groups.
• Experience on creating and maintaining relationships with partners and customers.
• Handling of multitasking activities with strong autonomous prioritization skills, without being overwhelmed for peaks of concurrent tasks.
• Highly detail-oriented person with a passion for being a proactive supplier of solutions.
• Strong work ethic and rigorous approach on managing confidential information.
• Fluency in local languages and working fluency in English is a must, basic German is nice to have but not required.