Product Manager Autonomous Trucking (m/f/d)

Quantum-Systems GmbH; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Mobile work

Stay active with wellpass

Bike leasing

Corporate benefits

Employee events

Lunch card

Company shuttle

Job summary

Quantum-Systems GmbH is seeking a Product Manager for Autonomous Trucking to own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the MOSAIC Ground Autonomy Kit. You will balance customer value with engineering feasibility and commercial viability in tight collaboration with the Engineering team.

You will drive discovery, concept validation, and enable certification, commercial launches, and long-term value optimization, working with customers, end-users, and sales to translate needs into

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in autonomous trucking, robotics, physical AI or defence tech.
• Strong commercial instincts with a technical foundation to liaise between engineering and customers.

Responsibilities

• Own vision, strategy, and roadmap from discovery to certification, launches and value optimization.
• Translate customer and market needs into product features and services.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, safety, and systems engineering for refinement and prioritization.
• Consolidate insights to set priorities and ship capabilities.
• Manage relationships across vehicle OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and service providers.
• Co-develop go-to-market plans with Product Marketing for market leadership.

Skills

Autonomous trucking

Robotics

Physical AI

Defence tech

Cross-functional liaison

Job description

Join Quantum-Systems and bring autonomous trucks into real-world operations. As Product Manager Autonomous Trucking, you own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the MOSAIC Ground Autonomy Kit, Quantum-Systems' solution to converting heavy-duty and tactical vehicles into autonomous assets. You operate at the intersection of customer value, technical feasibility, and commercial viability and in an extremely tight partnership with Engineering: you own the customer needs, they own how we achieve it technically and by when we deliver. Together you balance product ambition against engineering reality, make trade-offs consciously, and keep the roadmap that the whole organization can execute against.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• End-to-End Product Management: Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap from discovery, concept, and validation through to certification, commercial launches, and long-term value optimization

• Customer & Market Translation: Work directly with customers, end-users, and sales representatives to analyze operational demands and constraints, translating them into product features and services

• Engineering Collaboration: Partner with software, hardware, safety, and systems engineering teams in product refinement, planning, and prioritization

• Iterative Delivery: Consolidate customer, user, and field operational insights to set product priorities and continuously convert requirements into shipped capabilities

• Ecosystem Management: Manage strategic relationships across vehicle OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and service providers.

• Go-to-Market Strategy: Collaborate with Product Marketing to design and execute compelling go-to-market plans, ensuring that every product release is a step forward toward market leadership

What you bring to the team:

• Multiple years of hands-on experience in autonomous trucking, robotics, physical AI, defence tech or closely related technical fields

• Strong commercial instincts paired with a solid technical foundation, enabling you to liaise seamlessly between engineering teams and external customer stakeholders

• A proactive, solution-oriented approach with a proven ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.

• Fluency in English and German to effectively engage with our customer base

• A track record of taking complex products from initial concept to market launch, with background in product management, service design, or solution architecture within defence, automotive, or transportation sectors is a plus

Why Quantum-Systems:

• We believe in the power of combinedefforts: straightforward tech expertisepaired with a customer-centric focus.

• We are industry pioneerswho are ambitious, bold,and visionary.

• We push limits, thinkoutside-the-box and strivefor technological excellence toshape the future of aerial data.

• We promise to be your runwayfor individual and professionalgrowth.

Our benefits:

• Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later.

• Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance.

• Mobile Work: If things get a little busy in the office, you have the option to work remotely one flexible day per week to create the right balance.

• Stay active: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to thousands of fitness and sports facilities — and of course, we subsidize the membership.

• Bike-Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy.

• Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.

• Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.

• Lunch-Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.

• Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Laim in Munich and brings you to our location, with return trips at the end of the workday.

About us:

Quantum Systems specialises in the development, design, and production of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The company’s range of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sUAS are built to maximize range and versatility and to provide operators with a seamless user experience. By integrating cutting-edge software capabilities, like edge computing and real-time AI-powered data processing, Quantum Systems is building next-generation UAS for clients in defence, security, public sectors.

Our commitment:

We are an open-minded company that not only values diversity, but actively promotes it. Regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability, we firmly believe that the diversity of our employees is an essential part of our success.

At our company, every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. We believe that our differences enrich us and help us to find creative solutions and generate innovative ideas. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment where all employees can reach their full potential.