Kapsch TrafficCom Hosts WomenHack Vienna: Where 130 Years of Heritage meets the Future of Mobility
When a company has spent more than a century shaping the way the world moves, it knows a thing or two about looking ahead.
On June 25, WomenHack Vienna is heading to Kapsch TrafficCom, one of Austria’s leading global technology companies and our host sponsor for this edition of the event. We’re excited to bring our community into an environment where engineering excellence, innovation, and purpose-driven technology come together. As a family-owned company with a global footprint, Kapsch TrafficCom is helping shape the future of mobility through solutions that make transportation smarter, safer, and more sustainable around the world.
Why Kapsch is welcoming WomenHack through its doors
For Kapsch, joining WomenHack is a natural extension of work that’s already well underway. The company sees this event as a meaningful way to build on its internal commitment to advancing women in technology – bringing those efforts into a wider, community-driven setting where connection happens face to face.
There’s also a forward-looking business reason. Kapsch is intentional about strengthening its employer brand and increasing its visibility as an attractive global employer, and meeting talented women in tech is central to that ambition.
“Hosting and participating in WomenHack is a great way to complement our ongoing efforts and internal initiatives to support and advance women in the tech industry,” the team shared. It’s a goal we’re proud to share with them.
Step Inside: A workspace built for ideas in motion
Kapsch designed its workspace to reflect exactly who they are: a technology company with deep roots and a forward-looking mindset. Guests at WomenHack Vienna will find an environment that blends openness, clarity, and purpose – the very same qualities the company brings to its mobility solutions. You’ll see collaborative areas that encourage exchange, focused spaces that support deep thinking, and technology woven naturally into the way work gets done.
What stands out most is the way heritage and innovation coexist here. With a 130-year history behind it and a steady commitment to shaping the future of mobility, Kapsch has built a space where the past and the future feel equally present.
“What we hope visitors remember most is the feeling of being welcomed into a space where ideas move freely,” the team told us. “If they leave with the impression that Kapsch is both grounded and visionary – a family-owned company that still thinks boldly – then our spaces have done their job.”
Building a career at the forefront of smart mobility
Kapsch develops smart mobility solutions that make transportation safer, more sustainable, and more efficient for everyone. The company designs, builds, and operates advanced traffic management systems. This includes connected-vehicle technologies, mobility demand management, and tolling services for cities, highways, tunnels, and bridges worldwide.
For technologists, the work is genuinely cutting-edge. Kapsch’s teams create powerful data and video analytics platforms using state-of-the-art technologies, driving the digitalization of mobility and enabling smarter transportation ecosystems. That includes:
– Artificial intelligence and machine learning
– Big data platforms
– Cloud services
– Computer vision and video analytics
Founded in 1892 and headquartered in Vienna, Kapsch remains a family-owned company – proof that more than 130 years of continuous innovation can go hand in hand with the agility to keep shaping what comes next.
Supporting diverse talent and global backgrounds
Kapsch backs its commitment to inclusion with concrete, ongoing programs. The company invests in the growth and visibility of women through dedicated internal initiatives, and it actively supports international talent in building careers in Vienna and beyond.
Among their initiatives:
– A Women Mentoring Program that pairs colleagues for guidance and growth
– An internal Women’s Breakfast initiative that fosters connection and community
– Relocation and work permit support for international hires
That global outlook is reflected across the company, which counts colleagues from around 47 different nationalities. For anyone considering a move to Vienna, Kapsch offers both the structural support and the welcoming, international culture to make it possible.
What’s new and exciting at Kapsch
Kapsch stays close to the pulse of its industry. The company recently took part in Intertraffic Amsterdam – the world’s leading event for mobility, traffic management, road safety, and tolling technologies – a stage where Kapsch’s innovations meet the global community shaping the future of transportation.
Closer to home, Kapsch continues to engage directly with emerging talent, including its participation in the TU Day job fair. For students and early-career technologists curious about applying their skills to real-world mobility challenges, these touchpoints are a great way to connect.
Who Kapsch is looking to meet
Kapsch is eager to meet talented people who are passionate about shaping the future of mobility – and the range of opportunity here is broad. The company is connecting with professionals across both technical and business disciplines, including:
– Computer science, informatics, and software engineering
– System architecture
– Computer vision and data-driven technologies
– Project management for complex, large-scale solutions
– Legal expertise, particularly commercial law
– Marketing
– Finance, including controlling, accounting, and consolidation
Kapsch is also especially excited to meet master’s students who want to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges and grow within an international technology environment. Whether you’re an experienced specialist or just beginning your career, there’s a place here to make an impact.
Join us at WomenHack Vienna
Kapsch TrafficCom is a rare blend of heritage and ambition — a family-owned company with over 130 years of innovation that’s still thinking boldly about the future of how the world moves. We can’t wait to bring the WomenHack community into their Vienna home on June 25, for an evening of connection, conversation, and opportunity.
Register now to join us at WomenHack Vienna, and explore current openings at Kapsch TrafficCom at kapsch.net/karriere.