R&D Manager, Product Development @ Aveva

Employment Type: Full-time regular (flexible working options available)

The job

As part of the ALM team you will lead a group of software developers and software testers developing and testing AVEVAs asset lifecycle management (ALM) solution. The ALM team works closely with the other teams developing AVEVA's product portfolio especially using software components provided by the Platform Group and by extending or integrating other software products out of AVEVAs product portfolio.

As the R&D Manager you will be responsible for developing and nurturing the ALM development team to help them achieve the highest level of software development and quality assurance skills, innovation, and productivity.

Key responsibilities

• Team Development and Leadership
  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software developers to drive excellence in their skills and performance.
  • Create a positive and motivating work environment that encourages team collaboration and innovation.
  • Set clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback to team members.
• Technical Expertise
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies.
  • Act as a technical expert and resource for the team, providing guidance and support when needed.
  • Assist in designing and developing software solutions to support project delivery.
• Quality Assurance Management
  • Ensure your application is fully tested, documented, and delivered to agreed quality standards.
  • Collaborate with Test Manager to help defining Test Automation enhancements.
• Work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will positively contribute towards team, department, and company goals.

Essential requirements

• A Computer Science, Math or equivalent Degree or Experience.
• 10+ Years of Experience in software development.
• Programming Skills: Any object-oriented language (C#, Java, C++).
• Expertise on developing sophisticated Graphical User Interfaces.
• Knowledge on API tools POSTMAN/Swagger.
• Expertise in software product quality methodologies.
• Experience in Cyber Security aspects and awareness during software development.

Desired skills and competencies

• Good communication skills, working with a broad range of people, including Product Owners, Testers & Product Support across sites.
• Task based, multi-site configuration management.
• Developing software deployed in the cloud.
• Test Driven Development.
• Knowledge about Human factors and ergonomics (HF&E).
• Methodical and organized.
• Self-starter, demonstrating ownership of tasks from inception to delivery.
• Able to coach and mentor less experienced colleagues.
• Experience of using Agile methodologies
• Experience with product validation for Industrial/Plant Automation, Engineering, Process, Plant Design / Marine industries is an added advantage.
• Hands on experience of AVEVA or related industrial software designing products is an added advantage.

The team youll join

Our team is working together with our partners on the realization of an asset lifecycle management solution into our Unified Engineering product portfolio. As this initiative is incorporating several internal products together with an external PLM system, you can be sure that we will have many exciting times. This is the right time to join our multi-cultural and globally distributed team. If you are interested and have already some questions dont hesitate to contact me via LinkedIn ().