At Landis+Gyr, we don’t just manage energy—we lead the transformation toward a smarter and more sustainable energy future.With a net revenue of USD 1.73 billion in FY 2024, and a presence in over 30 countries across five continents, Landis+Gyr empowers utilities and consumers to optimize energy usage through advanced metering, grid-edge intelligence, and powerful data analytics.Today, our global team of about 6,300 professionals is shaping the digital energy era—developing innovative technologies that support decarbonization, grid modernization, and real-time energy insights. Our record USD 4.6 billion order backlog and strong book-to-bill ratio reflect long-term confidence in our mission and solutions.Join us at Landis+Gyr, where we manage energy better!  You are a senior software development engineer with technical as well as leadership competence to manage and coach our Converge (click <a href="https://www.landisgyr.eu/product/gridstream-converge/">here</a>) research &amp; development organisation. You will lead a team dedicated to one of our cutting-edge software solutions developed for our EMEA-based utility customers, with installations also in APAC. The primary goal is to coordinate continuous development and maintenance of the product based on input and requirements from our customers and business stakeholders. Your future responsibilities:<ul><li>Team management – ensure that the team has the right circumstances to carry out their daily work in terms of competence, tools, instructions and supporting functions (leading, motivating, developing team members)</li><li>Monitor the progress towards R&amp;D goals and communicate with stakeholders</li><li>Align and enforce the SW development process and tools in assigned area</li><li>Resource planning/allocation with stakeholders</li><li>Evaluates and aligns technology options in collaboration with global technology organization</li><li>Supports Product Management during the definition of new product ideas and roadmaps</li><li>Evaluation, selection and coordination of service providers or subcontractors when appropriate</li><li>Controls budget</li><li>Collaborate with customer projects and technical services teams in cases involving R&amp;D work</li><li>Actively participate in hands-on work related to the product, with the concrete areas to be defined based on competence and interest</li></ul> Our expectations:This role is for a leader with technical competence to actively participate in hands-on work related to the product R&amp;D, with the concrete areas to be defined based on competence and affinity.The R&amp;D community will value if you bring expertise in at least two of the following areas:<ul><li>Test automation ( e.g. Cypress)</li><li>.NET platform</li><li>Relational datbases (Oracle or Postgre SQL preferred)</li><li>Message brokers (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, Active MQ) </li><li>Microservice architecture</li><li>Development and maintenance of build and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab)</li><li>Virtualization, Docker and Kubernetes</li><li>Cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform preferred)</li></ul>Apart from development work (.NET, C#, Angular), you will be accountable for test automation process development, software architecture design, developing and maintaining build and CI/CD pipelines, maintaining Docker and Kubernetes cluster for internal test environments, developing product deployment processes and procedures, cloud environements with Google Cloud Platform. You will manage a small team of internal R&amp;D resources as well as external resources. That is why previous people management experience and/or competence is required.   We value and encourage diversity in our team. This position is open to all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background. We're committed to shaping a better future for everyone. #EnergizeYourCareer and join us on our journey towards a greener tomorrow.

At Landis+Gyr, we share a collective vision with utility companies and end-use consumers all over the world: manage energy better. For utilities, this means streamlined operations, cost savings, and more reliable customer service. For consumers, this means a smaller environmental footprint, lower cost options, and ways to stay in control of their own energy usage. By harnessing the power of our industry-leading products and solutions, we can work together to create a smarter grid for the benefit of all.

Research & Development Manager

At Landis+Gyr, we don’t just manage energy—we lead the transformation toward a smarter and more sustainable energy future.With a net revenue of USD 1.73 billion in FY 2024, and a presence in over 30 countries across five continents, Landis+Gyr empowers utilities and consumers to optimize energy usage through advanced metering, grid-edge intelligence, and powerful data analytics.Today, our global team of about 6,300 professionals is shaping the digital energy era—developing innovative technologies that support decarbonization, grid modernization, and real-time energy insights. Our record USD 4.6 billion order backlog and strong book-to-bill ratio reflect long-term confidence in our mission and solutions.Join us at Landis+Gyr, where we manage energy better!&nbsp;&nbsp;You are a senior software development engineer with technical as well as leadership competence to manage and coach our&nbsp;Converge&nbsp;(click <a href="https://www.landisgyr.eu/product/gridstream-converge/">here</a>)&nbsp;research &amp; development organisation. You will lead a team dedicated to one of our cutting-edge software solutions developed for our EMEA-based utility customers, with installations also in APAC. The primary goal is to coordinate continuous development and maintenance of the product based on input and requirements from our customers and business stakeholders.&nbsp;Your future responsibilities:<ul><li>Team management – ensure that the team has the right circumstances to carry out their daily work in terms of competence, tools, instructions and supporting functions (leading, motivating, developing team members)</li><li>Monitor the progress towards R&amp;D goals and communicate with stakeholders</li><li>Align and enforce the SW development process and tools in assigned area</li><li>Resource planning/allocation with stakeholders</li><li>Evaluates and aligns technology options in collaboration with global technology organization</li><li>Supports Product Management during the definition of new product ideas and roadmaps</li><li>Evaluation, selection and coordination of service providers or subcontractors when appropriate</li><li>Controls budget</li><li>Collaborate with customer projects and technical services teams in cases involving R&amp;D work</li><li>Actively participate in hands-on work related to the product, with the concrete areas to be defined based on competence and interest</li></ul>&nbsp;Our expectations:This role is for a leader with technical competence to actively participate in hands-on work related to the product R&amp;D, with the concrete areas to be defined based on competence and affinity.The R&amp;D community will value if you bring expertise in at least two of the following areas:<ul><li>Test automation ( e.g. Cypress)</li><li>.NET platform</li><li>Relational datbases (Oracle or Postgre SQL preferred)</li><li>Message brokers (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, Active MQ)&nbsp;</li><li>Microservice architecture</li><li>Development and maintenance of build and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab)</li><li>Virtualization, Docker and Kubernetes</li><li>Cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform preferred)</li></ul>Apart from development work (.NET, C#, Angular), you will be accountable for test automation process development, software architecture design, developing and maintaining build and CI/CD pipelines, maintaining Docker and Kubernetes cluster for internal test environments, developing product deployment processes and procedures, cloud environements with Google Cloud Platform. You will manage a small team of internal R&amp;D resources as well as external resources. That is why previous people management experience and/or competence is required.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We value and encourage diversity in our team. This position is open to all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, or background.&nbsp;We're committed to shaping a better future for everyone. #EnergizeYourCareer and join us on our journey towards a greener tomorrow.

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