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Head of Discipline

  • Hybrid
  • 6+ years
  • English (B2)
  • German (B2)

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Description

We say HI

The company in Germany is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence and security, aerospace as well as cyber security and digital identity markets.

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In Ditzingen LI-HYBRID

In Ditzingen, you will encounter security solutions for monitoring and safeguarding borders and for border controls, protection of civil and military facilities and tactical communication. This is the right place for you if you want to work with us on practical highly mobile radars for ground and coastal monitoring or night vision goggles and multifunctional heat imaging equipment. Join the company expert team for radar, optronic vision systems for armoured military vehicles or for protecting the field camps of the German Armed Forces. We are happy to have you on board!

Your mission as Team Lead R&T & Innovation (m/f/d):

Lead, coach and develop Team Leads; establish clear responsibilities, interfaces, decision rights and delegated accountability.

Own and drive discipline-wide competence and skill development, including skills gap assessments, competence matrices, individual development plans, training roadmaps and succession planning, ensuring current and future Hardware Engineering capabilities aligned with business and technology needs.

Define and execute the Software Engineering discipline strategy and roadmap aligned with LAS Engineering, CBU/BL and business objectives, including the Engineering Performance Plan (EPP).

Define and govern the Software Engineering framework across software architecture/design, implementation, integration, testing, configuration and lifecycle practices.

Drive software development maturity, quality, reuse, automation and modern toolchains; align capability and technology roadmaps with system/product needs and cybersecurity requirements.

Own workforce, headcount and capacity planning; allocate people and critical expertise across projects, products, bids and discipline activities in close collaboration with the Team Leads.

Own discipline budget and cost centres, contribute to S&OP and multi-year planning, and track capability, maturity, delivery, efficiency, cost and competitiveness KPIs.

Own discipline processes, methods, tools, standards and best practices; drive continuous improvement, root-cause problem solving, reuse and lessons learned.

Oversee critical projects and reviews; resolve or escalate cross-team technical, resource and capability conflicts within applicable governance.

Ensure Engineering and company governance compliance; contribute to bids, audits, peer reviews and major Engineering decision gates.

We are looking forward to:

Completed technical studies, e.g. computer science, software engineering or similar

Extensive software-development experience for complex technical systems

Senior Engineering leadership through Team Leads in complex multidisciplinary environments.

Software Engineering expertise in architecture, lifecycle, configuration, integration/testing and quality practices.

Embedded/real-time software development, CI/CD and test automation is an advantage

Cybersecurity practices and modern software toolchains is an advantage

Workforce, competence and skill development, resource/capacity and performance management.

Experience with S&OP, multi-year planning and international technical governance is an advantage

Discipline strategy, processes, standards, governance and cross-functional coordination.

Strategic thinking with pragmatic, execution-focused ownership.

Clear communication, stakeholder influence and cross-functional collaboration.

Structured prioritization, conflict resolution and decision-making.

Accountability, continuous improvement and results orientation.

Willingness to travel

Very good German and English skills

This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

Say HI – Your journey to us

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your Talent Acquisition contact Maria Gaissert is looking forward to your online application.

Maria Gaissert – Talent Acquisition Partnerin LI-MG1

+49 172 8281399

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We say HI

The company in Germany is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence and security, aerospace as well as cyber security and digital identity markets.

Say HI – to your career as

In Ditzingen LI-HYBRID

In Ditzingen, you will encounter security solutions for monitoring and safeguarding borders and for border controls, protection of civil and military facilities and tactical communication. This is the right place for you if you want to work with us on practical highly mobile radars for ground and coastal monitoring or night vision goggles and multifunctional heat imaging equipment. Join the company expert team for radar, optronic vision systems for armoured military vehicles or for protecting the field camps of the German Armed Forces. We are happy to have you on board!

Your mission as Team Lead R&T & Innovation (m/f/d):

Lead, coach and develop Team Leads; establish clear responsibilities, interfaces, decision rights and delegated accountability.

Own and drive discipline-wide competence and skill development, including skills gap assessments, competence matrices, individual development plans, training roadmaps and succession planning, ensuring current and future Hardware Engineering capabilities aligned with business and technology needs.

Define and execute the Software Engineering discipline strategy and roadmap aligned with LAS Engineering, CBU/BL and business objectives, including the Engineering Performance Plan (EPP).

Define and govern the Software Engineering framework across software architecture/design, implementation, integration, testing, configuration and lifecycle practices.

Drive software development maturity, quality, reuse, automation and modern toolchains; align capability and technology roadmaps with system/product needs and cybersecurity requirements.

Own workforce, headcount and capacity planning; allocate people and critical expertise across projects, products, bids and discipline activities in close collaboration with the Team Leads.

Own discipline budget and cost centres, contribute to S&OP and multi-year planning, and track capability, maturity, delivery, efficiency, cost and competitiveness KPIs.

Own discipline processes, methods, tools, standards and best practices; drive continuous improvement, root-cause problem solving, reuse and lessons learned.

Oversee critical projects and reviews; resolve or escalate cross-team technical, resource and capability conflicts within applicable governance.

Ensure Engineering and company governance compliance; contribute to bids, audits, peer reviews and major Engineering decision gates.

We are looking forward to:

Completed technical studies, e.g. computer science, software engineering or similar

Extensive software-development experience for complex technical systems

Senior Engineering leadership through Team Leads in complex multidisciplinary environments.

Software Engineering expertise in architecture, lifecycle, configuration, integration/testing and quality practices.

Embedded/real-time software development, CI/CD and test automation is an advantage

Cybersecurity practices and modern software toolchains is an advantage

Workforce, competence and skill development, resource/capacity and performance management.

Experience with S&OP, multi-year planning and international technical governance is an advantage

Discipline strategy, processes, standards, governance and cross-functional coordination.

Strategic thinking with pragmatic, execution-focused ownership.

Clear communication, stakeholder influence and cross-functional collaboration.

Structured prioritization, conflict resolution and decision-making.

Accountability, continuous improvement and results orientation.

Willingness to travel

Very good German and English skills

This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

Say HI – Your journey to us

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your Talent Acquisition contact Maria Gaissert is looking forward to your online application.

Maria Gaissert – Talent Acquisition Partnerin LI-MG1

+49 172 8281399

Human Intelligence

Where you’d work

Part of the week in the office

About the company

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Office in Germany

Your chances

Still hiring, not crowded yet, and you'd be among the first.

  • 16 checks run
  • 5 good signs
  • 0 red flags

Still hiring?

10 checks

Actively hiring

In its favour2

  • Still on the company's own careers site, checked 1 h agoModerate evidence
  • Found in the last 48 hours, before the big job boardsModerate evidence

How crowded?

6 checks

Low

In its favour3

  • In its Early Window: not on the big job boards yetStrong evidence
  • Lead level: far fewer people qualifySlight evidence
  • Asks for German: far fewer people can applySlight evidence

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Details11 facts · Role, Location, Compensation, Employment, Requirements
Tech stack
  • CI/CD
Seniority
Head of
Type
Full-time
Region
Europe
Pay period
Annual
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Role

Category
Development
Seniority
Head of
Experience
6+ years
Tech stack
  • CI/CD

Location

Work model
Hybrid
Region
Europe
Office
  • Germany

Compensation

Salary
Salary by agreement
Pay period
Annual

Employment

Type
Full-time

Requirements

Languages
  • English (B2)
  • German (B2)

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