Kontron Transportation is a leading international provider of end-to-end communication solutions for mission-critical networks. Our company focuses on the reliable, efficient, and sustainable production, transmission, and processing of voice, data, and video information. We employ over 700 people at 11 locations across Europe. Our headquarters are located in Vienna.
The satisfaction of our employees is very important to us! We promote teamwork and support our employees in their career planning and professional development. Our commitment to a more sustainable society is clear and reflected in our decisions and CSR initiatives. This is an important part of our leadership style.
To strengthen our team, we welcome experienced professionals, college graduates, and high school graduates who share our Way of Working—characterized by community and success.
As an employer, we value equal opportunity and diversity. We look forward to receiving applications regardless of gender, age, religion/ideology, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin.
- Define and execute the New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy and plan in line with product roadmaps defined by Product Line Management, customer deployment requirements, market introduction milestones, and business objectives..
- As primary focus of the role, lead the end-to-end introduction of Kontron's MCX solution and associated OAM capabilities, coordinating the readiness of all constituent products, subsystems, and third-party components to ensure successful deployment, operation, support, and lifecycle management in customer environments.
- Define and manage product readiness criteria and introduction milestones, covering product maturity, deployment, integration, documentation, training, support, tools and operational readiness.
- Work closely with Product Management, R&D, system architects and engineering teams to identify and resolve product, integration and operational gaps before and during customer introduction.
- Drive deployment and operational industrialisation, ensuring installation, commissioning, configuration, migration, upgrade, troubleshooting, maintenance, and support processes are established, repeatable, scalable, and increasingly automated.
- Prepare and coordinate first customer deployments, pilots, and early market introductions together with Services and Operations teams. Capture then field experience, issues, and lessons learned and driving them back into product, deployment, and operational improvements.
- Drive commercial readiness and go-to-market preparation, working closely with Product Management, Business Operations, Marketing, and Pre-Sales to support business case validation, pricing and costing models, value proposition development, and successful market adoption.
- Monitor NPI execution and readiness, including milestones, risks, dependencies, quality indicators, customer feedback, and introduction KPIs, ensuring a successful transition to standard delivery, operations, and support.
- Degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Several years of experience in NPI, Product Management, System Engineering, Solution Delivery, or Technical Programme Management.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional product introduction, deployment, or technology transition initiatives.
- Experience in mission-critical communications, telecommunications, or railway communication systems.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, release governance, deployment readiness, and operational support processes.
- Knowledge of GSM-R, FRMCS, MCX, IP-based communication systems, or railway telecommunications is an advantage.
- Fluent English, French and/or German a plus
As a leading international company in the mission-critical networks industry, we offer exciting and varied roles in various fields of expertise. Working with the latest technologies, implementing innovative projects, and collaborating with a wide variety of customers are just a few of the factors that drive the Kontron team.
- Community and Success—these are the values that define how we work together. Join our motivated, international team:
- Open communication with a casual, first-name-only culture across all international locations
- Flexible work hours and the option to work from home
- An environment that welcomes new ideas and encourages initiative
- Personalized training and professional development opportunities based on performance reviews
- A modern office in the Vienna Technology Hub, surrounded by numerous restaurants and excellent infrastructure
- Regular company events and team-building activities
- Many attractive employee benefits (e.g., meal vouchers, workplace health promotion, company bike, additional vacation days for volunteer work and birthdays, transportation allowance)
We offer a competitive gross annual salary starting at EUR 70,000 per year. A higher salary commensurate with your actual qualifications and experience is possible.
Mag. Pamela Csiba looks forward to receiving your resume with a photo.
