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Director of Development

DEVINN is a purely Czech company with 180 employees and a history spanning over 10 years. You may know us as the company behind the hydrogen-powered Tatra, for example. We focus primarily on hydrogen, electromobility, traction batteries, energy, and the automotive industry. The development business unit behind this has over 30 people. And we’re looking for a new head for it. We’re not looking for the best engineer in the Liberec Region. We’re looking for an engineer who has found their calling in leadership—someone who enjoys building a functional development team more than solving technical problems. An engineer, project manager, economist, facilitator, and leader all in one. Someone for whom financial planning and business strategy make just as much sense as the technical products behind them.

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Jablonec nad Nisou
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What you'll be driving:

  • Performance of the entire business unit– projects, deadlines, results, budget, capacity planning  
  • Staff– 4 line managers and specialists in grants, quality, and project management; recruitment, evaluation, and development  
  • Reporting to the CEO– a clear overview of the business unit’s status, KPIs, variances, and adjustments  
  • Customer communicationat the project level – escalations, change requests, satisfaction  
  • Translating strategy into reality – the ability to integrate it into team processes and capabilities

What you need to know: 

  • At least 5+ years of experiencemanaging technical teams   
  • Knowledgeof electrical engineering, electronics, or mechatronics – you must understand the work your supervisors do and be able to build trust with customers  
  • Experience with project management– deadlines, resources, budgets  
  • Czech ata native speaker level  
  • Englishat a conversational level  
  • The ability to lead without technical authority—your influence comes from trust and experience, not from being the best engineer in the room  

Why choose us: 

  • A Czech company that provides custom development of innovative solutions  
  • A leader in the field of H2 technology integration  
  • Direct line to the CEO – no corporate red tape, quick decision-making  
  • An established business unit with real projects and specific clients  
  • A technical partner who’s got your back when it comes to technical questions
We are looking for someone: 
  • Those who consciously chose a career in management—not because it was the only way forward  
  • Who can handle working alongside a highly skilled technician and sees it as an advantage  
  • Who is primarily based in Jablonec nad Nisou (90% of the time), and occasionally in Mladá Boleslav  
  • Who builds a culture where problems are discussed openly  
Please send us: 
  • A short video (2–3 minutes) – introduce yourself and tell us why you’re interested in this position and why we should choose you. When filling out the application form on our website, paste the link to the video into the “Message” text field.
  • Resume 

What you'll be driving:

  • Performance of the entire business unit– projects, deadlines, results, budget, capacity planning  
  • Staff– 4 line managers and specialists in grants, quality, and project management; recruitment, evaluation, and development  
  • Reporting to the CEO– a clear overview of the business unit’s status, KPIs, variances, and adjustments  
  • Customer communicationat the project level – escalations, change requests, satisfaction  
  • Translating strategy into reality – the ability to integrate it into team processes and capabilities

What you need to know: 

  • At least 5+ years of experiencemanaging technical teams   
  • Knowledgeof electrical engineering, electronics, or mechatronics – you must understand the work your supervisors do and be able to build trust with customers  
  • Experience with project management– deadlines, resources, budgets  
  • Czech ata native speaker level  
  • Englishat a conversational level  
  • The ability to lead without technical authority—your influence comes from trust and experience, not from being the best engineer in the room  

Why choose us: 

  • A Czech company that provides custom development of innovative solutions  
  • A leader in the field of H2 technology integration  
  • Direct line to the CEO – no corporate red tape, quick decision-making  
  • An established business unit with real projects and specific clients  
  • A technical partner who’s got your back when it comes to technical questions
We are looking for someone: 
  • Those who consciously chose a career in management—not because it was the only way forward  
  • Who can handle working alongside a highly skilled technician and sees it as an advantage  
  • Who is primarily based in Jablonec nad Nisou (90% of the time), and occasionally in Mladá Boleslav  
  • Who builds a culture where problems are discussed openly  
Please send us: 
  • A short video (2–3 minutes) – introduce yourself and tell us why you’re interested in this position and why we should choose you. When filling out the application form on our website, paste the link to the video into the “Message” text field.
  • Resume 

What you can look forward to

5 weeks holiday
Corporate events and teambuilding
Personal development
Transport or accommodation allowance
Flexible working hours
Annual bonus
Lump sum meal allowance
Language learning
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Our benefits

5 weeks holiday

Everyone needs rest. We are enjoying 25 days of vacation, relaxing and getting new strength.

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Corporate events and teambuilding

We're a good bunch, and not just in the workplace. We can also get along at company events and teambuilding events.

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Personal development

Nobody's gonna get blinded here. Personal development plans move us forward in our careers and personal lives.

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Transport or accommodation allowance

We don't have big costs for transport or housing. We have part of our travel costs to work covered or receive an allowance for temporary housing in and around the workplace.

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Flexible working hours

Balancing work, family and hobbies is easy. We have mandatory working hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rest of the hours can be worked any time of the week.

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Annual bonus

The New Year always starts beautifully for us. In January and June, we receive a bonus for the previous year.

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Lump sum meal allowance

We are connoisseurs of good food. In order to be able to enjoy a good meal in the restaurant or in our dining room, we receive a meal voucher.

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Language learning

Do you speak English? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Thanks to our corporate language training, we won't get lost in the world. In our lessons we converse, have fun and improve our English, German or Spanish.

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A little taste of what
awaits you - a typical task

We are currently building a storage system from second-life batteries for a client.We are delivering it turnkey, including the software.

1. Get in touch with the developers, get to know the mechanical part and find out what we need to control, what parameters to monitor or what to display on the UI screen

2. Design the application from A to Z, including security notifications,error conditions...

3. Program the application and be with the project from start to handover.You will participate in testing and client meetings. The application will literally be "your baby".

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Technology in action

Technology in action

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How's it all going to work?

Your reaction to the advert

The most important step is to let us know you are interested in the position. There is no need to be nervous, we need you as much as you need us. Send us your CV and a few details about yourself.

Short telephone conversation

Honza or Anička from our HR department will call you to discuss your interest in the position in more detail. This usually takes up to twenty minutes, allowing both sides to find out where they stand.

Personal meeting

We will meet you right here in our Toy Shop to talk about you and the position you are applying for over coffee. If we sit down, in the second round we will go directly to your future workplace where you will be able to look around and meet your future colleagues.

We will send an offer

We want to tailor our job offer to each candidate. We will take into account your interview requirements and try to add something extra. You can look forward to an individual and clear job offer that only you will receive. No generic email.

Shall we high-five?

Then we'll just have to hope that the offer will be liked and work out the details.

At the interview you will meet

Jan Cina
HR Manager
+420 603 254 333jan.cina@devinn.czLinkedIn profile
Karel Souček
Head of Technical Development
LinkedIn profile

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The most frequently asked question

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2014

  • Starting a company
  • We are hiring our first 3 employees
  • We carry out the first development project for ŠKODA AUTO in the area of vehicle development

2015

  • Our development team grows to 20 people
  • We obtain ISO 9001 certification
  • We are starting to look for premises in Mladá Boleslav

2016

  • We are buying a building in Mladá Boleslav
  • We are reconstructing and opening the Hračkárna Development Centre
  • We develop and homologate additional headlights for ŠKODA Motorsport

2017

  • Series production of additional headlights for ŠKODA Motorsport begins
  • We are the exclusive supplier of vehicle lighting tests for ŠKODA AUTO
  • We have 60 employees

2018

  • We are investing 12 million. CZK into our own testing room
  • We cooperate on development with research organizations such as ÚJV Řež, ČVUT, FEL, ZČU
  • We draw subsidies for innovation vouchers and patent development results
  • We become members of HYTEP - Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform

2019

  • We have completed the first ignition of the fuel cell of our H2BASE hydrogen device
  • We obtain ISO27001 certification
  • We have introduced 3 new designs of auxiliary lights
  • We have strengthened our technical equipment with a climate SoSi chamber

2020

  • We are launching our H2BASE hydrogen generator
  • Tomas Tomecek takes part in the Africa Eco Race with our additional headlights
  • We reconstructed our headquarters in Jablonec nad Nisou
  • Investment in own certified workplace for development and testing of H2 applications in Jablonec nad Nisou

2021

  • For the first time in the world, we are powering stages at a music festival with hydrogen - Rock for People
  • We obtain accreditation of our testing laboratory
  • We are becoming part of the hydrogen Tatra project
  • We are launching our Watchdog traction battery monitoring system

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