Technical Project Manager (m/f/d) Software Projects

About the role

We are looking for a motivated Technical Project Manager (m/f/d) to join our fast-paced team at Agile Robots SE. You will own the delivery of our software projects end to end: understanding customer needs, translating them into product features and development work packages, and driving cross-functional engineering teams to deliver. Our projects often start with open technical questions rather than fixed specifications — we are looking for someone with a genuine software or robotics engineering background who can bring structure to uncertainty.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of software projects (robot applications, control and system software, tooling) from requirements through to launch, within time, budget, scope, and quality targets
• Elicit and analyze customer and stakeholder requirements, and translate them into clear feature definitions and technical specifications
• Break down project goals, including ambiguous or exploratory ones, into structured work packages with clear scope, acceptance criteria, and priorities; re-plan iteratively as findings emerge
• Define and prioritize the project backlog in alignment with customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints
• Maintain project plans and PM artifacts (risk register, action list, cost plan); proactively manage risks and dependencies
• Drive transparent communication across team, management, and customers, including regular status reporting

Essential Skills

• 2+ years of project management experience in software development projects (robotics, automation, automotive, IT, or related); a PhD in STEM fields may be considered in lieu of work experience
• Hands-on engineering experience in software or robotic system development prior to or alongside PM work, you have personally built software or robotic systems, not only managed such projects
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Hands-on experience with agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban), proficiency with Jira and Confluence
• Solid technical depth in software development practices (architecture, APIs, version control, CI/CD), ideally in robotic or embedded systems
• Proven requirements engineering skills: converting customer needs into specifications, features, and work packages
• Strong ownership, organizational skills, and solution focus in a dynamic environment
• Availability for occasional business travel (approx. 10%), expenses covered

Beneficial Skills

• PM, Scrum Master, or Product Owner certification (e.g., PMP, PSM, CSPO)
• Domain knowledge in robotics, industrial automation, or ML-based systems (e.g., manipulation, perception, policy training workflows)
• Experience with external customers in B2B project delivery
• Chinese/Japanese language skills

Your Profile

• You are an engineer at heart who has grown into project management: you have built software or robotic systems yourself and are equally comfortable in a customer meeting and a sprint planning session.
• You enjoy shaping uncertain goals into concrete features and work packages, take ownership, and stay solution-focused when plans change.

What we offer

• An opportunity to be part of a dynamic entrepreneurial team that helps to shape the global industrial robotic landscape
• Great working environment in an interdisciplinary, international team
• Ability to gain experience in international projects across different industries
• Career opportunities within an international and fast-growing environment
• Corporate benefits program that covers health, mobility, and learning with up to 100 € per month
• As a startup, we of course also have a rooftop terrace, free drinks & fruits, and regular team events
• A dynamic high-tech startup combined with financial soundness and world-class investors
• Challenging tasks and projects
• Great working environment in an interdisciplinary, international team
• Room for creativity and personal development

About us

Agile Robots SE is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany with a production site in Kaufbeuren and more than 2300 employees worldwide. Our mission is to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and robotics by developing systems that combine state-of-the-art force-moment-sensing and world-leading image-processing technology. This unique combination of technologies allows us to provide user-friendly and affordable robotic solutions that enable intelligent precision assembly.

This is made possible by our employees, who bring out the best in each and every day with creativity and enthusiasm. Become part of this team and shape the future of robotics with us!

We are proud of our diversity and welcome your application regardless of gender and sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.