R&D Project Manager for Applied AI/ML

R&D Project Manager for Applied AI/ML

For our research and development team at HVDC we are looking for R&D Project Manager to lead development projects focusing on application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to HVDC .   In this role as R&D Project Manager you will have an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects and work closely with talent R&D engineers, experts, and stakeholders within a global organization. You will join as an integral member of a diverse and experienced project management team. Our team culture is flexible, transparent, and cooperative.

Are you a Project Manager with proven experience in a relevant field? Please send in your application as we are interested to know more about you and with what you can contribute!

Your responsibilities

For our global HVDC team, we are looking for an R&D Project Manager with expertise in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. As R&D Project Manager, you will have a broad role with following responsibilities:

• Set-up and execute R&D projects together with your project team in alignment with our R&D portfolio management.
• Propose and lead research and development projects designing software for training, deploying and managing the lifecycle of Machine Learning Solutions for the next generations of products and systems
• You will be involved in capturing requirements, running pre-studies, the development of cutting-edge technologies and products, verification, documentation and to productize the development results.
• In your projects, you are responsible for budget, planning, executing, milestones, releases and reporting/informing about status, forecasts and when changes do occur.
• You also may drive business development initiatives together with product management.
• Close collaboration with other development teams, Manufacturers, Testing facilities, Stakeholders, Product Owners, Line management etc. will be essential.
• As R&D Project Manager you will be a part of R&D Project Management Office and contribute to continuous improvement of project execution methods and processes.

Your background

• Master’s or PhD degree or equivalent industrial experience in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or any related field.
• Experience leading Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and/or Data Science projects which solve practical problems.
• Experience with training and deploying and managing the lifecycle of Machine Learning algorithms in practical settings.
• Ability to coordinate all phases of a software project – conceptual work, architecture preparation, design, prototyping and verification.
• You have great leadership qualities.
• To thrive in this position, you are a good team player, structured, open-minded, communicative and able to lead geographically dispersed teams in multi-site global environment.
• Proficient in English since you will be part of an international setting where you will get to exchange knowledge with people globally.
• Most important, as a person you have a passion for people and technology. 

In addition, the following skills would be beneficial for the role:

• Knowledge and experience from HVDC technology and/or R&D Development. Preferably within areas like HVDC, Electronics, Mechanics, Electrical, Simulations, Testing or Digitalization
• Experience with Data Science Programming Languages (Python and associated data science libraries) and Deep Learning Frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch)
• Experience in Machine Learning topics related to Robustness, Interpretability & Explainability, Uncertainty Modeling, Causal inference, Generative AI and LLMs
• Experience with Cloud, IoT and/or Edge systems and with container and microservice architectures, and High-Performance Computing.