How would you explain Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon to your friend in 3 sentences?
Leica Geosystems combines accurate measurement, positioning, and mapping technologies with industry-tailored workflows to help geodata-dependent industries capture, visualise, and analyse the physical world, turning data into actionable insights for better decision-making and improved efficiency.
We are part of Hexagon, a global leader in measurement technologies with about 24,800 employees in 50 countries. Hexagon’s technologies provide the confidence vital industries rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. Yet measurement is only the beginning.
Together, we bridge the physical and digital worlds to make cities and industries safer, smarter, and more sustainable.
We bring that same mindset to how we work, offering a flexible annual working model based on a 40-hour week, giving you the freedom to organise your time effectively. Our hybrid working approach allows you to work where you are most productive.
And those aren’t the only reasons to join us – check out and discover how you can shape the future with us!
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🛠️ Tech stack & Development process at Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon
Technologies that we use
Can I choose the hardware? What is your coding setup (IDE, OS, Build server, Cloud provider)?
Work devices
Laptop, desktop, additional monitor
Operating systems
- Windows
- Ubuntu
IDE
- Visual Studio
- CLion
- Eclipse
Our software development process
How can I grow as a developer at your company (career paths and learning opportunities)?
Learning & Development
🎓 Participation in specialist conferences
🎓 Participation in hackathons
🎓 In-house training
🎓 Own specialist library
🎓 Time to learn new technologies
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👩💻 Company culture
What are your key values and what are some daily work examples of them?
We live our values as an employer and value each employee in their daily work.
We give our employees a high degree of creative freedom in terms of tasks or work design. In return, we also expect each employee to think entrepreneurially and act as if it were their own company. This is reflected, for example, in the flexible working conditions.
Innovation is one of our principles and what distinguishes us. Every employee is encouraged to contribute new ideas. We live on our employees’ innovation and are always open to new ideas.
We seek personal fulfillment by doing great work while enjoying what we do. Passion at work is what characterises us and our success.
How diverse are your teams? What is the typical team size and structure?
We do work in Scrum teams and a few teams are working using more Kanban approach.
Comm is that we do have a very international team with about 25 different nations in the software team. From fresh graduated up to very experienced Senior engineers. People just joined us up to people being 25 years with us in the software business.
The typical size of a Scrum team is about 6-7 persons including PO and SM. On main software platform we have about 16 Scrum teams working using a scaling agile approach.
What is your remote work policy?
We have hybrid work arrangements with opportunities for 40-60% remote working. This is determined in consultation with the team and as well depends on the profile/role.
If you do Agile - how is your agile process & release cycle? How much coding vs meetings/planning?
We do use in general an agile approach (Scrum, scaling Scrum and Kanban). As we are a big company we do have different products and software teams with different setups and needs - so we do adapt the process if needed for a specific group
This very much depends on the software product we are talking about. For software being in the bundle with hardware and our surveying instruments we do plan for 2 big releases during a year and a few minor releases. Other software products do have shorter cycle.
How much coding vs. meetings is a very good question -> we try to minimize the meetings we do have within our process, whereas the rest of the time is not only coding -> it is collaborating within the team which includes coding, pair programming, design discussions and code reviews.
Do you have some in-house tech workshops or hackathons? Is there an educational budget?
Some internal hackathons were held pre-COVID. Technical workshops are held depending on the needs with internal "coaches" or, if appropriate, external trainers.
Yes, there is an educational budget, as continuous education is an important value for us. The budget is not a fixed amount of money per engineer; it depends on our needs.
Can I work on my projects or open source for a part of time?
We do have some team mebers working and contributing especially on embedded Linux or Zephyr operating system level. Please have a look at our github OSS account.
📖 The Book Question™
What do I need to do to buy a 50$ educational book on company expense?
Inform your team manager about your needs and he/she will order it normally without a big process behind.
💼 How does the interview process at Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon look like?
1. Let's get it started
- a) You've discovered an exciting position which meets your expectations and matches your qualifications? Then let's not waste time and apply directly via our online portal.
- b) Several jobs are interesting for you? – Don't worry, apply for one job and contact us to tell us about any other positions you'd like to be considered for.
- c) You are exactly the person we are looking for, but you can't find a suitable opening position? Then keep up to date with our job newsletter. Maybe there will be something soon.
2. What's next?
- Once we've made a decision, we`ll review and discuss your profile with the responsible Hiring Manager. Once we've made up our mind, you'll be contacted via e-mail. Hopefully with good news and you`ll be invited for a first conversation (manly via phone / online session). The main purpose of this first round is to get an impression for both parties – not only on a professional level but more importantly on a personal level.
3. A Maybe but not a Must!
- For certain positions, we appreciate a technical discussion before we meet in person. This online session provides an even better understanding on technology stack and how well we could work together on a technical Level.
4. Let's meet
- As a last step, we will invite you to a personal meeting at one of our swiss or austrian locations (depending on which vacancy you have applied for). During this final step you will meet your future team leader plus have a chat with one of our Human Resources Managers. For some positions future team colleagues will be joining as well.
Learn more about our recruiting process from our Talent Acquisition Team!
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