Project Lead and Project Development for Industrial Vision Systems

• You are the technology expert and technical lead for high-performance vision projects, driving innovation, advancing the team, and making strategic technical decisions, that ensure the success of our research and industry projects.

• Through your experience and know-how of production processes and your networks you identify opportunities for new projects, contribute to project initialization and development deploying novel technologies to the manufacturing industry.

• Furthermore, you support the team in positioning research competencies and in building and maintaining client networks.

• You select the right approaches to scale our technology from rapid spike development to systems that run around the clock in industrial facilities.

• You also share your expertise with junior developers, offering strategic guidance in customer interaction, system requirements analysis and system design.

• With your interest in the newest technological developments, you advance our research projects and help establish new business models and concepts in the field of advanced vision systems.

• Driven by a practical-problem solving approach, you lead projects teams to develop industrial solutions that excel in performance, reliability and innovation.

• Completed technical studies (at least MSc.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related field
• At least 5 years of relevant industrial project management experience, with a high level of commitment and proven ability to work in a team, preferably in a similar field.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate efficiently with clients and project managers, and to guide a development team.
• Experience in customer relationship and business development is of advantage.
• Strong networks in the field of machine vision or quality inspection is of advantage.
• Knowledge of sensing and camera technology as well as factory automation of advantage.
• Good command of English and German (both required).

The minimum gross annual salary on a full-time basis (38,5 h / week) according to the collective agreement is EUR 69.342,--. The actual salary will be determined individually, based on your qualifications and experience. In addition, we offer company benefits, flexible working conditions, individual training and career opportunities.

As Austria's largest research and technology organization for applied research, we are dedicated to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development, and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.