Product Owner

Identifier: INST-PO-NPD

Location: Trivandrum

You feel at home in agile development, have the necessary flair for your team members, and are up for a new position of responsibility Then become a Product Owner (m/f/d) of one of the new product development teams at dSPACE. You will work on exciting and technologically cutting-edge product development projects, in the areas of control prototyping, Software-In-the-Loop (SIL) simulation, and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation.

In this role, you take ownership of the product vision and backlog, ensuring that the team delivers solutions that meet customer needs and align with strategic goals. You will act as the bridge between product management and technical implementation, guiding priorities to maximize value delivery. You will focus on requirements related to Battery Management Systems (BMS), Vehicle Control Units (VCU), Motor Control Units (MCU), Vehicle Dynamics, Instrument Cluster, and Telematics. Beyond backlog management, you will identify gaps, gather feedback, and drive continuous improvement for validation solutions at both component and system levels. In doing so, you can expect a variety of exciting, challenging, and diverse tasks that you will solve together as a team.

Great colleagues are waiting for you, who are eager to shape the mobility of tomorrow together with you and to live and improve the agile processes day by day.

Your Tasks

• You own the product backlog and ensure it maximizes value in alignment with the product vision and business goals
• You analyze, coordinate, and prioritize product features in close collaboration with customers, partners, and the Scrum team
• You translate customer requirements into clear features and acceptance criteria, balancing technical feasibility with business value
• You act as the voice of the customer within the Scrum team, ensuring needs, pain points, and experiences are consistently represented in product decisions
• You apply an innovative approach to identify opportunities that enhance product value and competitiveness
• You engage with stakeholders regularly, managing expectations and incorporating feedback into product development
• You make prioritization trade-offs transparently, balancing short-term needs with long-term product growth
• You collaborate with the team to identify delivery risks and dependencies in the backlog, ensuring they are visible and addressed during planning

Your Qualifications

• You have a B.Tech/M.Tech degree in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, or Electrical and Electronics Engineering, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• You have extensive experience with agile methodologies and have several years of experience as a Product Owner within the automotive domain and have a SAFe® certification, such as SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or SAFe® Agilist
• You have a good understanding of vehicle systems such as VCU, MCU, BMS, motor, inverter, battery, vehicle dynamics, instrument cluster, and telematics
• You have a good understanding of MATLAB® and Simulink®, and their applications in virtual validation workflows
• You are familiar with Azure® DevOps and Git for version control and CI/CD workflows
• You have strong collaboration skills, ensuring product requirements align with HIL and SIL workflows
• You have a customer-oriented approach and entrepreneurial mindset
• You are an excellent communicator with good presentation skills

What We Offer

• A crucial role in a young, dynamic, and fast-growing team
• A work environment that fosters trust, respect, and feedback
• An onboarding buddy to integrate you smoothly into our team
• Productivity and improvement time between the development sprints
• A mentor helping you with your personal goals, technical progress in general and your software engineering skills in particular

About Us

dSPACE is a market innovator and leader in providing solutions and systems for embedded controller software development in Automotive, Aerospace and Manufacturing industries. Founded in Germany in 1988, dSPACE employs over 2,600 dedicated people worldwide, who are committed to making the embedded controls software development process more efficient through innovative tools and services.

Working at dSPACE means taking on challenging and varied tasks in a promising and exciting industry. With us, you have responsibility and can shape your personal career. A collegial and cooperative approach is as natural for us as the continuous development of your expertise.

If you are ready to join our highly successful international team and take on the challenge of creating yet another success story in India – send us your application (including motivational letter, CV, copies of your academic degree, references from former employers) at [Confidential Information] indicating your earliest possible entry date.