Imagine working in a team that forms the heartbeat of a company. The corporate functions – Finance, Controlling, Office Management, IT Infrastructure, Facility Management, and People & Culture – are not just supporters but active shapers. Here, you ensure everything comes together so each department can achieve its best results. Whether you're analyzing numbers in Finance and Controlling to enable crucial decisions or shaping the workday in Office Management so everyone can focus on what matters – your contribution makes a difference. IT Infrastructure connects teams and technologies, ensuring efficient processes and keeping the company digitally future-ready. Facility Management creates inspiring spaces where people can develop ideas and grow together. In the People & Culture team, you help shape the culture that defines our company and invites talents to give their best. You’ll be at the center, working with people across all areas to secure success and shape the future. If you're looking for a role that combines diversity, responsibility, and team spirit, then the Corporate Functions are the perfect place for you. Together, we achieve more – turning ideas into reality.
Head of Cognitive Robot Arms (human)
Neura Robotics • Riederich
Together, we build the foundation for success and growth
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Full-time
Riederich
• Product & business ownership: You own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for our robot arms across the entire lifecycle, from concept to series production, and you are accountable for their business success.
• Prioritization & backlog: You define, maintain and prioritize the product backlog in close alignment with Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Software. You make clear trade-off decisions based on customer value, technical feasibility and business impact, and you stick to them.
• Leading in the matrix: You drive alignment across Hardware, Software, Sales and Business Development, translate technical complexity into clear product direction and create impact without formal authority.
• Market & customer insight: You continuously analyze market trends, customer feedback and competitive dynamics to guide product decisions and identify new opportunities in industrial automation, collaborative robotics and beyond.
• Go-to-market & certification: You co-lead product launches, define positioning and feature sets, and drive safety, regulatory and certification requirements at product level (e.g. CE, TÜV) together with Engineering and Quality.
• Traceable decisions: You document product decisions, assumptions and trade-offs cleanly, so they remain transparent and traceable across the matrix.
• Stakeholder communication: You report status, risks and priorities to the CEO and C-level, convey vision and story to investors, partners and customers, and represent the product at trade fairs and customer visits.
What we can look forward toWhat you bring:
• Education: Degree in Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Industrial Engineering or a comparable qualification.
• Product experience: 5–8+ years as Product Owner or Product Manager, ideally in robotics, automation or complex mechatronic systems, with a proven track record of taking hardware products through their full lifecycle to series production.
• Technical depth: Solid understanding of cobot mechanics, kinematics, sensor systems and industrial communication standards (e.g. EtherCAT, Profinet, IO-Link), deep enough to challenge the functions and judge trade-offs credibly.
• Safety & certification: Understanding of safety, regulatory and certification requirements at product level.
• Agile methods: Familiarity with Scrum or SAFe and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Matrix & stakeholder competence (as important as technical expertise): You know where decision rights lie in a “BU owns product, functions deliver execution” setup. You manage several stakeholders and competing priorities through transparent prioritization and expectation management, and you combine respect for experts and function logic with high standards for reliability.
• Decision strength: Entrepreneurial ownership. You prioritize, say no when needed and base decisions on data and customer needs instead of assumptions, without reopening them every day.
• Resilience: You stay effective under pressure in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment.
• Communication: You are just as comfortable in detailed reviews with engineers as in status and risk reports for the CEO and C-level, and you write requirements, specifications and escalations with precision.
• Languages: Fluent English at a professional level; German is a plus.
What you can look forward to
Creative Freedom and Agility
Enjoy a dynamic, self-reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible hours, and 30 vacation days. Ideal for those seeking an inspiring professional setting, whether you're starting out or an experienced exec.
Passion for Winning
A passionate and highly skilled team of international experts aiming to redefine robot assistants.
Attractive Compensation
Enjoy a competitive salary package along with exclusive employee discounts.
One Team
Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings, we celebrate our successes together.
Professional Growth
Support for your personal and professional development.
Our values. The cornerstones of our success.
We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by promoting the success of our colleagues and partners.
We strive for technological progress in order to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.
We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.
We live a high level of appreciation through open communication and transparency.
We do our best to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action and personal responsibility.
People are at the center of everything we do.
Our Location
Our headquarters in Metzingen and Riederich are the heart of our company. It's not just home to our offices, but also our production facilities, Academy, logistics, and Tech Labs—all working together to turn ideas into reality. Riederich itself is a small, peaceful town, just a kilometer away from Metzingen, a city with its own unique character. Metzingen is globally renowned as Outlet City, attracting visitors from all over the world. Here, you can enjoy exclusive designer stores in a relaxed and charming setting. The city also offers a variety of restaurants, cafés, and a down-to-earth Swabian coziness—perfect for unwinding after work.
Our application process
We ensure a transparent and efficient process and look forward to getting to know you during the application process.
Your insight into our daily work
Unsere Mission
"Our goal was to develop the world's first cognitive robot that can work with people, learn from them and provide them with targeted support. And that is exactly what we have achieved. But there is much more to come!"
