Technical Project Manager for Railway Interlocking

Location: Vienna, Austria

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

In Austria customers in rail transportation, air traffic, cybersecurity and defence missions rely on Thales. Additionally, our expertise in signalling gives people and goods in Central and Eastern European markets, like Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia and Albania, the connected journey they deserve. No matter how challenging the project, our 400 employees in Vienna stay by our customer’s side until the job is done - whatever it takes.

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER FOR RAILWAY INTERLOCKING CONTROL SYSTEMS (F/M/X)

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

The route control product development team focuses on middleware layer building blocks like run-time execution environment, redundancy management, communication protocol stacks, boot/download procedures and diagnosis, which close the gap between operating system services and railway specific business logic.

As part of the route control product development team you are responsible for the technical project management of the development and integration of these components for new versions of the interlocking system product line.

YOUR CHALLENGE
- Technical project management and coordination of the development of next generation interlocking control systems
- Managing project with respect to project milestones, scope and budget
- Working in the area of safety critical systems
- Manage issues and risks, create mitigation plans and escalate to appropriate stakeholders as necessary
- Communication and reporting of status and critical issues in a short and concise format
- Working in an international team and in cooperation with other business line units

YOUR PROFILE
- Technical education, preferably Master studies in Computer Science or similar
- Minimum 3 years experience with technical project management with a focus of SW resp. SW/HW engineering projects
- Knowledge of safety critical systems or experience in railway domain is an advantage
- Positive attitude and persistence are key to succeed in this role
- Competitive mindset, strong desire to achieve
- Knowledge of project management tools (Primavera)
- Good level of German and English

WE OFFER
- The salary for this position ranges from € 60.000 to € 75.000 gross p.a. Actual compensation is based on experience and qualification and can exceed the mentioned range.
- Challenging, innovative, long-term projects in a worldwide acting group offering various internal development opportunities
- Great accessibility by public transport and various benefits like flexible working time with generous home office policy, on-site canteen with company subsidy and Wiener Linien Yearly Ticket.
- Support for further education and development

WHO WE ARE

Together, we are shaping the world around us to build the future - here and now Our experts’ competences and cultural backgrounds are unique in their diversity. Passion for innovations and cutting-edge technologies is our motivation. With 83,000 employees in 68 countries we create tomorrow’s key technologies today.

In the railway area, Thales experts architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. 72,000 kms of route and 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems.

As part of a global technology leader, Thales in Austria delivers key technologies in rail transportation, air traffic, digital identity & security and defence missions tailored to local needs with 400 people based in Vienna. With its unique combination of technology leadership, creativity and employee engagement, Thales in Austria has a key role to play in the digital transformation of its customers.

Whatever your role will be at Thales, your work will make a difference.