Product Owner Automotive GNSS Products

U-blox; Thalwil; Hybride; CHF 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working model

Flexible working hours

Company Performance Bonus

Sport activities and Team events

Career development discussions

Résumé du poste

u-blox AG in Thalwil, Switzerland, seeks a Product Owner for Automotive GNSS products. You will translate strategy into a prioritized backlog and guide agile teams toward delivering high customer value across multiple sites.

You collaborate with Product Manager, Architect, and stakeholders to shape the roadmap and ensure timely delivery. You will lead backlog management, plan releases, and drive cross-functional alignment, embracing new technologies to advance GNSS solutions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of product ownership or management in an agile (scrum) setting.
• Experience with electronics and embedded software development.
• Industry knowledge in GNSS or semiconductor markets.
• Interest in learning about new technologies and translating customer needs.

Responsabilités

• Create and prioritize backlog and quarterly plans for Automotive GNSS products.
• Plan and negotiate team commitments to deliver on time.
• Communicate impact of changes early to stakeholders.
• Lead engineering teams across multiple sites and forums.
• Define and execute the product vision and roadmap with collaboration.
• Own backlog and drive features, enhancements, and fixes by value.

Connaissances

Product Owner experience

Agile / Scrum

Multi-site collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Electronics / Embedded software

GNSS / Semiconductor industry

English language

Formation

Bachelor/Master in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Description du poste

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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Product Owner Automotive GNSS Products

Location City

Location City Thalwil

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About u-blox

About u-blox u-blox is a global leader in automotive, industrial, and consumer markets, driving innovation through our cutting-edge positioning and short-range communication technologies. We are the pioneers behind high-precision technologies, providing smart and reliable solutions that enable people, vehicles, and machines to determine their precise position and communicate wirelessly. With headquarters in Thalwil, Switzerland, and offices across Europe, Asia, and the USA, we are making a global impact.

Job Description

Join our international product development team and help shape the future of Automotive GNSS products. As Product Owner, you will lead the development of a portfolio of GNSS products, translating product strategy into a prioritized backlog and guiding agile development team toward successful delivery. You will drive product execution, align stakeholders, and ensure products deliver maximum customer value throughout their lifecycle. You will work closely with the Product Manager, Product Architect, Chief Product Owner, and a multidisciplinary engineering team across multiple sites. Our agile teams are given significant autonomy to define their goals and organize their work. As the Product Owner, you provide direction and make prioritization decisions that enable the team to maximize customer value and deliver on business objectives. You support medium‑term planning, provide clarity on priorities and objectives, and help the team make informed trade‑offs to deliver on its commitments. Working with engineering, operations, and other stakeholders, you help ensure products are ready for successful industrialization, manufacturing, and market release. You are curious about technology and motivated to understand the complex use cases underpinning our cutting‑edge GNSS solutions. You enjoy exploring new technical domains, learning how technologies evolve, and working closely with experts to translate customer and business needs into successful products.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and prioritizing backlog and quarterly plans for Automotive GNSS products to maximize the value of the user stories.


• Planning and negotiating so that team’s commitments can be delivered.


• Communicating early the impact of any changes and deviations.


• Providing leadership and inspiration for the development team of engineers working in multiple sites on product creation and maintenance.


• Defining, communicating, and executing the team’s product vision and development roadmap in close collaboration.


• Coordinating, aligning, and interfacing with Chief Product Owner, Chief Product Architect and other stakeholders.


• Driving product development from early scoping and concepting through productization.


• Autonomously making decisions and guiding execution through prioritized backlog(s) of features, enhancements, and bug fixes according to customer value.


• Driving customer sampling during product evaluation, ensuring early sample availability and managing customer expectations in line with product maturity.


• Owning the backlog taking into account the team’s execution capacity with the purpose of achieving the timeline of the committed development activities.


• Ensuring product maturity at each stage of the Product Life Cycle Process.


• Coordinating production activities with manufacturing partners and the Product Operations Manager, ensuring timely follow‑up and alignment.


• Contributing to relevant Scrum meetings and owning product sprints’ review and planning meetings.

Key Accountabilities/Desired Outcomes

• Ownership and coordination of the creation of the product development roadmap based on the agreed product vision, in close collaboration with key stakeholders (Product Strategy, Platform, Product Line management, and Business Unit leadership).


• Solid, customer value-driven execution of the product vision with the agile product development team through product backlog.


• Timely availability of the products with planned functionality, quality, and cost.


• Product development team leadership and motivation.

Key Competencies

• Behavioral
  
  
  
  • Natural team player with strong collaboration skills and servant leadership.
  
  
  • Innovation mindset.
  
  
  • Ability to communicate with engineers and stakeholders.
  
  
  • Experience in multi‑site and multi‑cultural environment.
  
  
  • Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to foster motivation and engagement.
  
  
  • Decision making with the ability to create consensus and understanding.
  
  
  
  


• Technical/Hard Skills
  
  
  
  • At least 2 years’ experience as a product owner, product manager or project manager in an agile (scrum) environment.
  
  
  • Relevant experience in all aspects of development of products, including electronics and embedded software, from product idea to mass production and maintenance.
  
  
  • Electronics or IT industry working experience, preferably in the semiconductor and GNSS industry.
  
  
  • Interest and passion to learn about products, industry trends, competition, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation.
  
  
  
  


• Leadership skills:
  
  
  
  • Lateral leadership of an agile product development team
  
  
  
  

Profile

• Education: Bachelor/Master of Science in relevant field, e.g. Electrical or Computer Engineering


• Languages: Fluency in spoken and written English.


• Certification: Product Owner, Scrum Master or Agile certification is an advantage

What are your perks?

• A multicultural and international company with over 60 different nationalities


• Project-based activities working with colleagues across the globe


• A start‑up and innovation mindset while in the process of scaling‑up processes and efficiencies


• Hybrid working model & flexible working hours


• A strong learning environment and regular career discussions


• Company Performance Bonus


• Sport activities and Team events


• … and discover even more by talking with us!

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