Simulation Product Owner

About Us:
STARK is a new kind of defence technology company revolutionising the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains. We design, develop and manufacture high performance unmanned systems that are software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost effective. This provides our operators with a decisive edge in highly contested environments.

We’re focused on delivering deployable, high-performance systems—not future promises. In a time of rising threats, STARK is bolstering the technological edge of NATO Allies and their Partners to deter aggression and defend Europe—today.

Your mission:
As Product Owner for our simulator product, you will translate complex stakeholder needs into clear product requirements and agile execution, helping deliver a simulation platform that supports validation, testing, training, and mission readiness for embedded, robotics, and unmanned systems. The work is challenging, mission-driven, and grounded in real operational needs.

Responsibilities:
• Support and drive the product roadmap for the simulator product and related software-driven systems

• Contribute to requirement engineering activities across product, engineering, and stakeholder interfaces

• Capture, structure, prioritize, and maintain product and system requirements throughout the development lifecycle

• Translate customer, user, and operational needs into actionable product specifications and development goals

• Work closely with simulation, software, embedded, robotics, test, and hardware teams to ensure requirements are feasible, clear, and traceable

• Support agile software development processes across cross-functional engineering teams

• Manage and prioritize the product backlog in alignment with company objectives and technical constraints

• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities with clear technical relevance

• Coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospective activities with engineering teams

• Facilitate agile ceremonies and help maintain an effective Scrum-based development rhythm

• Support the team in removing blockers, improving collaboration, and maintaining delivery focus

• Promote transparency, ownership, and continuous improvement across the development process

• Support validation, verification, and product acceptance by ensuring requirements are testable and measurable

• Help align internal stakeholders across engineering, business, operations, and leadership

• Monitor product progress, delivery risks, and dependencies, and support mitigation activities

• Support field feedback loops and convert operational learnings into product improvements

• Produce structured documentation for product requirements, priorities, decisions, and release planning

• Work with engineering teams developing simulation environments for software validation, test, and mission preparation

• Support requirement definition for simulation use cases such as SIL, HIL, and system validation workflows

Qualifications:
• A university degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics, or a related field

• Experience as a Product Owner, Junior Product Owner, Project Engineer, Systems Engineer, Scrum Master, or similar role in a technical environment

• Experience with simulator development, simulation products, or physics-based engineering tools.

• Experience in requirement engineering and agile software development

• Good understanding of Scrum processes and agile team facilitation

• Good technical understanding of software products and engineering development workflows

• Experience working with cross-functional teams involving software, simulation, embedded, or systems engineering

• Ability to translate operational and technical needs into structured requirements and product decisions

• Understanding of backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria definition, and sprint planning

• Ability to facilitate agile ceremonies, track progress, and support delivery execution

• Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills

• Structured analytical thinking and practical problem-solving ability

• Ability to balance product priorities with technical constraints and delivery realities

Nice to Have

• Good understanding of simulation-driven development in robotics, unmanned systems, embedded systems, or automotive domains

• Understanding of SIL, HIL, testing, and validation workflows

• Experience in robotics, unmanned systems, automotive, aerospace, or similar engineering domains

• Familiarity with requirement traceability, change management, and verification workflows

• Experience with embedded systems or software-driven technical products

• Experience acting in a hybrid Product Owner and Scrum Master role

• Knowledge of Scrum metrics, agile delivery tracking, and team process improvement

• Knowledge of ROS2, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, AirSim, PX4 SITL, ArduPilot SITL, or similar tools is a plus

• Understanding of physics engines, sensor simulation, or system-level validation is an advantage

• Experience in regulated, safety-critical, or mission-critical engineering environments is a plus

For further information, please reach out to [email protected].