Team Lead of GIS Technology Development 80 - 100% (f/m/d)

The opportunity

For our Business Unit High Voltage Products in Zurich-Oerlikon, we are looking for a R&D Team Manager to lead a team of experts within the Technology Center. In this role you will be leading the technology development team for High Voltage gas-insulated switchgear with ten permanent employees and several students.  The team's mission is to develop new gas-insulated switchgear for the voltage range from 245 kV to 420 kV and to provide technical foundations for product development projects running worldwide, as well as to support the GIS business in answering technical questions and qualifying GIS products for customers and markets.

Do you have high quality standards and are you eager to bring our products to the next level? Are you customer-oriented, always looking for areas of improvement? We then have the right job opportunity for you! Join our team and be part of an innovative working culture within an international working environment in Zurich.

How you’ll make an impact  

• Lead the GIS development technology team

• Co-plan next product generation and manage full range of feasibility studies

• Provide technical support for development projects (dielectric, thermal management, issues relating electrical engineering and testing)

• Plan capacity, people and resources for the R&D projects

• Be responsible to keep the team as center of excellence for GIS development

• Use, maintain, and optimize Hitachi Energy network by supporting and overseeing transfer of technology and knowledge within the team and between internal partners (HER, other TCs, BU)

• Enable the team to contribute to technical bodies both inside and outside the company

• Drive and foster a culture of innovation

• Support Global Product Support, Engineering, Supply Chain, Service, Production, Sales, and Product Management with technical expertise
   

Your background
 

• Degree in electrical, high voltage engineering, applied physics, or a closely related subject from a Polytechnical/Technical University

• Several years of experience in R&D, product development and leadership experience

• Excellent communication skills and proactive mentality

• Genuine enthusiasm for research and development in an interdisciplinary, application-oriented field

• Capability of leading a high performing, diverse and unique team of talents

• Flexibility, capability of working in a multicultural environment

• Good command of English and German both written and spoken