Product Manager - Automation Software (d/f/m)

About us

At arculus, we design, build, and maintain cutting-edge autonomous mobile robots and the software ecosystem around them. Our Development department brings together software, infrastructure, and product experts in a collaborative, international environment, focused on delivering reliable and high-quality products that make a real difference in intralogistics.

Your Role

As a Product Manager – Automation Software, you will be responsible for the end-to-end success of a product within our Automation Software portfolio. Your mission begins with a hands-on focus on the "Now": guiding a high-impact co-creation project that integrates our current WMS/WCS with advanced shuttle traffic management. By driving a successful pilot, you will identify real-world requirements and bridge customer needs with cross-portfolio development efforts. You will ensure your product achieves critical KPIs, primarily throughput, and provides a harmonized customer journey across the entire lifecycle – from pre-sales and commissioning to operation and service.

Your Tasks

• Conduct co-creation sessions with key customers to understand operational challenges and value drivers

• Integrate existing WMS/WCS modules with shuttle traffic management logic to deliver a functional, high-performance pilot

• Identify and validate core product requirements through pilot execution to drive long-term vision

• Define user stories and coordinate Agile development cycles to meet technical and functional milestones

• Translate pilot learnings into a comprehensive product vision and multi-year roadmap aligned with portfolio goals

• Own functional specifications for complex control logic, including order assignment and multi-agent shuttle traffic management

• Define requirements for a seamless, integrated UX/UI across all phases – modeling, simulation, and monitoring

• Coordinate cross-portfolio dependencies to ensure a unified system rather than disjointed components

Your Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Product Management, ideally in Industrial Automation, Intralogistics, or Supply Chain Software

• Proven track record delivering complex control systems or industrial software products from concept to market launch

• Direct experience with co-creation or joint development with B2B customers in a technical environment

• Experience operating within cross-functional or cross-portfolio development structures requiring system integration

• Expert in Agile/Scrum methodologies, backlog management, and modern product discovery techniques

• Familiarity with simulation and optimization techniques for material-flow and multi-agent traffic management

• Fluent in German and English

Who You Are

• Passionate about product management and delivering impactful software solutions

• Excellent communicator, able to bridge customer needs and technical stakeholders

• Outgoing and confident connecting with clients, partners, and internal teams

• Able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative environment

• Motivated to create products that harmonize technical excellence with real-world customer value

WHY ARCULUS

• We are a diverse, global team of 100+ creative thinkers, algorithmic brains, makers, movers, and shakers.

• Our approach comes from a continuous cycle: assemble, weld, code, test, deploy or delete, and repeat. That is how we deliver innovative solutions to tackle the biggest intralogistics challenges.

• You will find our tech space nestled within the eastern region of Munich. It serves as a hub for our team's creativity and collaboration, featuring state-of-the-art meeting rooms, a fully-equipped electronics lab, and a spacious robotics testing area. Our team also enjoys a variety of social spaces, all within the modern infrastructure of the renowned Neue Balan campus.

• We are more than just a workplace: we are a community. We encourage connection and affiliation through a range of activities: hiking trips, running events, ping pong tournaments, and quiz nights — there is something for everyone.

• We also believe that work should be rewarding in more ways than just one. That is why we offer competitive salaries and benefits like EGYM Wellpass, language courses, Jobrad, and flexible working hours.

• If you are moving to join our team, we provide relocation and visa support to help make the transition as smooth as possible.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

arculus is a part of Jungheinrich and independently develops high-end mobile robots and software products for intralogistics automation. From mechanics to electronics and code – our engineering powerhouse has it all. We combine the speed and creativity of an agile tech company with the strength of a leading global intralogistics player. Collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning: that is how we achieve an open-minded and fast-paced working culture.

COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are an equal opportunity employer and highly value diversity and inclusivity, which we see as strengths. While we are making progress, we are not yet where we want to be. Still, we believe in the power of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants of all genders, ethnicities, ages, national origins, sexual orientations, cultures, and educational backgrounds. Our goal is to create a work culture where everyone feels equally heard and included.