Hardware Specialist & Project Lead, 40-60% (f/m/x)

OMICRON Lab; Osterreich; Hybrid; PEN 231,000 - 424,000; Full time

Job summary

OMICRON Lab is seeking a Hardware Specialist & Project Lead to drive improvements of hardware platforms and lead cross-functional projects. You will coordinate with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners to evaluate components, plan tests and manage hardware lifecycle.

The role emphasizes a hands-on, analytical approach with high ownership and a focus on quality and cost improvements across industrial computing platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of network and PC components and industrial computing platforms.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a hands-on mindset.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Structured, proactive, and quality-focused working style.
• Experience in project leadership, hardware evaluation and testing, hardware change or lifecycle management, or operational processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements of hardware platforms focusing on performance, quality, and cost.
• Lead innovation projects and hardware change management.
• Act as the key interface for hardware topics within the team, coordinating with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners.
• Evaluate, select, and qualify hardware components and platforms with internal teams and external partners.
• Plan and execute tests to validate hardware against product specifications.
• Support certification processes and country-specific approvals.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of operational processes.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners.
• Shape hardware platforms and drive improvements.

Skills

Hardware evaluation

Project leadership

Industrial computing

Network components

PC components

Tools

Tests planning

Job description

Hardware Specialist & Project Lead, 40-60% (f/m/x)

Job Description

What is it about

Drive improvements of current and future hardware platforms (e.g., MBX/RBX), focusing on performance, quality, and cost.

Lead innovation projects as well as hardware change management for these platforms and their components.

Act as the key interface for hardware-related topics within our team, coordinating with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners.

Evaluate, select, and qualify hardware components and platforms together with our internal teams and external partners.

Plan and execute tests to validate hardware and components against product specifications and identify potential improvements.

Supportcertification processes and country-specific approvals.

Contribute to thecontinuous improvement of operational processes.

What you bring

Strong technical understanding of network and PC components and industrial computing platforms.

Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a hands-on mindset.

Ability to work effectively across teams and organizational boundaries.

Structured, proactive, and quality-focused working style.

Good communication skills and confidence in stakeholder interaction.

Experience in project leadership, hardware evaluation and testing, hardware change or lifecycle management, or operational processes is a plus.

What you can expect

A broad range of tasks combining technical hardware topics and project leadership.

High level of responsibility and ownership.

Close collaboration with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners.

The opportunity to actively shape hardware platforms and drive improvements.

Passion and motivation are just as important to us as the job profile. If the position appeals to you, even if you don't fulfil every requirement, then convince us with your enthusiasm. Your commitment counts!

About Us

At OMICRON, you’ll work in an environment shaped by trust and openness. We believe that our teams perform at their best when people feel valued, heard and empowered to contribute their ideas. We actively welcome different perspectives and embrace diversity, because it strengthens how we think, collaborate and innovate.

Since 1984, we have been developing testing, diagnostic, monitoring and cybersecurity solutions that help keep energy systems safe, secure and reliable – today used in more than 170 countries worldwide. What connects our teams globally is a shared sense of responsibility: for our work, our customers and each other.