Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Product
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Jena
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you develop the product roadmap, translate customer needs into requirements, oversee software development, and work closely with interdisciplinary teams while managing product acceptance tests.
Your role in the team
- Development and implementation of the product roadmap in close coordination with management
- Alignment and support of the software roadmap in consultation with our developers
- Translation of customer needs into product requirements, including customer contact at trade fairs and customer meetings together with Sales
- Close, interdisciplinary collaboration between hardware (design, manufacturing), software, and commercial (sales, customer success)
- Responsibility for acceptance tests and final product approval
- Track and make project progress transparent
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Successfully completed university (Uni/TH/FH) degree in natural sciences or engineering sciences or equivalent qualification
Qualifications
- Good knowledge of German and very good written and spoken English skills
- Customer-oriented, goal-oriented, systematic, and independent working style
- Excellent teamwork skills and strong communication abilities
Experience
- Several years of professional experience in the optical industry or photonics research, as well as a solid understanding of optical systems, are prerequisites for this role.
- Several years of experience in product development and/or project management
- Experience as a Product Owner or with agile methodologies (Scrum) is a plus but not a requirement.
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What we offer
- A product with a mission: As an open-source company, we make microscopy accessible worldwide, from research laboratories to classrooms.
- The opportunity to actively shape a profitable and rapidly growing startup and to take it into the next phase of growth
- A lot of freedom to shape your role independently and take on leadership responsibilities
- A location in the heart of one of Europe's strongest photonics ecosystems: office at Beutenberg Campus in Jena, direct contact with users in research and industry
- Flexible, hybrid working model with remote days
- An international team with German and English as working languages
- Direct collaboration with the founders and direct influence on the company's product and culture
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About Your Employer
Openuc2 Gmbh
openUC2 GmbH, founded in 2022 in Jena, is a start-up that originated from a scientific initiative at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technologies. The company is developing a modular system for optics and microscopy aimed at making powerful optical instruments more accessible and affordable. Its application fields include research, industry, and education.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Electronics, Automatization
Product Owner
- Location
- Jena
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
