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Innovation Engineer Full-time Job

4 months ago IT & Telecoms Milan
Job Details

Luogo: Milan, Milano e Lombardia, Italia

Id Posizione Aperta: 71746

We Elevate... You

Entra in Schindler e aiutaci a sviluppare il mondo. Grazie alle tue competenze contribuirai alla crescita delle città. Grazie ai nostri ascensori e scale mobili contribuiamo alla mobilità urbana.

Dal 1874 Schindler ha contribuito a sviluppare le città, migliorando non solo la mobilità all’interno degli edifici ma il benessere di tutti coloro che ci vivono e lavorano. Persone, passione e innovazione sono i pilastri del nostro successo.

In Italia Schindler S.p.A. opera dal 1948. Conta circa 1.500 dipendenti ed è presente con una rete capillare su tutto il territorio nazionale attraverso 16 filiali e 16 uffici territoriali. Inoltre, attraverso la divisione Marine, Schindler Italia resta tra i principali fornitori di ascensori e scale mobili per il mercato delle navi da crociera e mega yacht nel mondo.

Unisciti alla nostra squadra come

Innovation Engineer

We Elevate... Your Responsibilities - Attività Principali

Our innovations department

In our innovation department we explore how emerging technologies represent innovation opportunities for elevators, escalators, and the smart connected cities of the future. We keep an open eye in the latest advancements in AI, NLP, robotics, and IoT to propose ideas that have an impact for Schindler and for our customers.

We base our work on time-limited projects with a fast-prototyping mindset. Our dire need is to build pilots and proof of concepts to share internally or externally to get valuable early feedback. We build based on a digital ecosystem of internal and external innovations. We work closely with partners in an open-innovation setting.

For example, we prototyped indoor navigation systems, robot building integrations via API, AI-based people transit management systems, energy efficient elevator control, and the use of LLMs.

For this position you will work on a variety of activities to foster our innovation activities:

  • Fast prototyping is at the core of this job: you will identify the core elements of a project and work on them to build it to life as soon as possible.
  • Coach and lead team of students: we usually work with MSc thesis and internship students; you are expected to coach them and closely supervise their work with us.
  • Propose new projects: it is essential to keep working with fresh ideas, and these should also come from you!
  • Learn: this is a fast-changing world, and we expect you to keep pace by autonomously learning new skills, reading papers, and attending to conferences
  • Interact with external partners: innovation happen in exchange; you will need to interface with external companies and start-ups to build synergies and find the needed competencies
  • Scouting new technologies: keep an open eye, what is the next new technology that is relevant for us and for which we need to evaluate their advantages?
  • Follow-ups: you finished a prototype, and you collected feedback. What’s next? You will actively contribute to decide what are the next step of our projects.
  • Filing of intellectual properties (IP) patents: part of the job will also involve thinking about IP and discuss with our legal team to help them write them


We Elevate... Your Best Self - Requisiti

To thrive in this position, we expect you to have the following strengths:

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Data Science, or similar
  • Solid expertise in Software Engineering and object-oriented programming
  • Full-stack development experience
  • Familiar with data science and machine learning concepts
  • Fast-prototyping and project-leading experience
  • Excellent English skills


In addition, for this role we expect you to be eager to learn and always up for a new challenge. You should be able to navigate ambiguity and be an adaptable and creative problem solver. We expect you to have attention to details, and have strong technical presentation skills, effectively conveying complex information with clarity and impact.

We Elevate... You - Benefit

You will get immediate access to a variety of benefits by working for a TOP employer:

  • We will offer you a position in a future-oriented industry with a diverse product range, as well as attractive and performance-related compensation
  • Development opportunities: You will start with a job-specific onboarding program and will be supported by us through technical and soft skills development programs
  • Work-life balance: We support you in managing your professional and personal life through flexible working hours
  • Health: Your health is important to us. You will benefit from a variety of health programs, including discount with fitness centres and in-house sporting events
  • Corporate benefits: You will have the opportunity to benefit from attractive employee discounts
  • Diversity: We promote and foster a culture of diversity
  • Free coffee and fruits!