Product Owner Hardware (m/f/d)
Job description
Technical Project Manager running hardware development projects end to end, connecting engineers, external partners, and leadership. The role manages hardware projects from concept and prototypes to release for series production, with software and data science integration.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Munich, Germany
- Languages
- English – fluent, German – fluent
What you'll do
- Own the plan for hardware development projects, from concept and prototypes to release for series production
- Keep hardware, software, and data science development in sync: interfaces, test campaigns, integration milestones, and releases
- Prioritize the integration backlog together with tech leads and align it with customer commitments
- Manage the outsourced parts of development with production partners and component suppliers: scope, specifications, timelines, and quality
- Integrate partner timelines into the overall project plan and resolve conflicts before they become blockers
- Plan and coordinate system deployments together with Sales Engineering: installation scheduling, spare parts, and incident handling
- Plan and monitor project budgets, track risks, and initiate corrective measures early
- Deliver clear, regular reporting on milestones, trial outcomes, and project status to leadership
What we're looking for
- 3 to 5 years of experience in technical project management in a hardware development environment: machinery, medtech, robotics, optics, or comparable
- Solid understanding of hardware development, from prototyping to release for small series production
- Experience coordinating outsourced development work with manufacturers or key suppliers
- Enough understanding of software and data science to spot dependencies to the hardware and plan integration realistically
- Experience with project budgets and risk tracking
- Strong communication skills: naturally become the connective tissue between engineers, partners, and leadership
- A structured, hands-on working style and an affinity for using AI tools in daily workflow
- Fluent English
- Willingness to travel occasionally to partners
Nice to have
- Fluent German is a strong plus for working with partners and suppliers
- Experience with embedded systems, optics, or agile product ownership
Benefits
Relocation Support: access to apartments in the Werksviertel through the WERK1 incubation program, reserved before arrival with enough lead time
Work Environment: located in Munich's Werksviertel, focused, high-performance culture with flexibility, up to 50% remote work
- Mission & Technical Challenge: work on problems that are both technically demanding and globally relevant
- Ownership: VSOPs (Virtual Stock Options)
- Time Off: 28 vacation days per year, plus December 24th and 31st off
- Monthly meal budget
- Monthly perks budget for fitness, mobility, or other purchases
- Annual learning budget for conferences and deep dives into new domains
- Free drinks, coffee, and snacks in the office
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About Omegga
Omegga builds deep-tech systems combining optics, mechanics, electronics, and embedded control with machine learning. Its systems are already in use, with focus on scaling performance, robustness, and deployment across an international customer base.
Mission
Reinvent how AI and spectroscopy can drive positive change for animals, people and the planet, starting with eliminating chick culling on a global scale through early, non-invasive detection.
Key facts
- Munich, Germany
- Part of the WERK1 incubation program
- Located in Munich's Werksviertel
- Development happens in-house, with parts outsourced to production partners and component suppliers
What they value
- Ownership
- Think in systems
- Open communication
- Honest feedback
- Build trust through actions
- High standard