Product Lead - Real Time Localization System (m/f/d)

Product Lead – Real Time Localization System (m/f/d) at indurad in Aachen, responsible for owning the end‑to‑end product lifecycle of the real‑time localization platform, coordinating electronics, radio, firmware and software teams, and ensuring safety‑critical integration and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as internal Product Owner for the real‑time localization platform powering UG CAS with full system responsibility across electronics, radio technology, firmware, and software.
• Maintain a transparent, value‑driven product backlog and ensure development execution remains aligned with product vision, roadmap, release plans, and system constraints.
• Maintain an end‑to‑end overview of a highly complex, safety‑relevant system and ensure coherent interaction between hardware, firmware, and software components.
• Coordinate and align cross‑disciplinary development teams (electronics, radio, firmware, software, safety, QA), ensuring interface clarity, technical consistency, and integration readiness.
• Drive product lifecycle activities including product changes, component discontinuations, ERP product status, qualification, certification, and end‑of‑life management.
• Serve as the technical first responder for all product‑related questions and issues, able to analyze problems at system level, resolve them independently where possible, or coordinate the right experts for efficient resolution.
• Own and manage system‑level risks (technical, operational, quality, and dependencies) across the full product stack, proactively identifying and mitigating integration and delivery risks.

Qualifications

• Broad technical background with solid hands‑on understanding of electronics, radio / RF technologies, firmware, and software development in complex systems.
• Proven ability to keep a system‑level overview, understand interactions and trade‑offs across disciplines, and take responsibility for the overall technical coherence of a product.
• Experience coordinating multiple development teams and acting as the central technical integration point between hardware and software domains.
• Strong analytical skills to classify issues quickly, assess impact and risk, and drive structured problem resolution across organizational boundaries.
• Familiarity with regulated or safety‑critical products, including qualification, certification, and lifecycle management in an industrial environment.
• Structured, precise working style with high documentation discipline and a strong sense for process continuity and product quality.
• Ownership‑driven mindset with the confidence to make technical decisions, to raise issues when needed, and to represent the product internally with authority.
• Comfortable working in an international environment and fluent in German and English.

Benefits

• An attractive salary package and various allowances, such as a company pension plan, business bike, or a subsidy for your job ticket.
• 30 days of vacation plus up to five additional days off through flexible working hours.
• Flexible working models (flextime) to design your workday to suit your schedule.
• Diverse and challenging tasks in an international project environment.
• Family‑friendly working hours and coverage of childcare costs for your child/children (kindergarten, daycare, or family care). 
• Workplace with modern spaces, innovative tools, ergonomic equipment, drinks and snacks, free parking, and room for initiative and personal development.
• Direct access to management and supervisors, open communication, a valued team atmosphere, and a relaxed dress code.